答える
Kana: こたえる
to answer
Example sentence
難しい質問に答えるのは大変です。
むずかしいしつもんにこたえるのはたいへんです。
It is hard to answer difficult questions.
What 答える means
答える (こたえる) is a Japanese word meaning “to answer”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.