応
OK, accept, answer, apply, reply, yes
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
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Information
Grade:5
Strokes:7
JLPT:1
Frequency:266
Vocabulary
オウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一応 | イチオウ | more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; technically; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once |
| 応援 | オウエン | aid; assistance; help; support; reinforcement; cheering; rooting (for); support |
| 応急 | オウキュウ | emergency; first-aid |
| 応酬 | オウシュウ | exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response; reciprocation; retort; riposte; tit for tat |
| 応接 | オウセツ | reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 応える | こたえる | to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain |
| 応じる | おうじる | to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for |
| 拒絶反応 | きょぜつはんのう | (transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against) |
| 口応え | くちごたえ | retort; back talk; backchat |
| 手応え | てごたえ | feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on) |
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abhor, death anniversary, detestable, mourning
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恋
darling, in love, miss, romance, yearn for
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念
attention, desire, feeling, idea, sense, thought, wish
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恐
awe, dread, fear
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恩
benefit, blessing, favor, goodness, grace, kindness, mercy
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交
association, coming & going, mingle, mixing
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広
broad, spacious, wide
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心
heart, heart radical (no. 61), mind, spirit
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