VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

答え

こたえ

hepburn kotae

answer, response

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

答えを教えてください。
Please tell me the answer.
この問題の答えがわかりません。
I do not know the answer to this question.

Collocations

答え (kotae, answer)答える (kotaeru, to answer)正解 (seikai, correct answer)回答 (kaitou, formal answer)返事 (henji, reply)

Mnemonic

答え kotae = 答 (answer) + え (verb-to-noun). The "answer" register is rich: kotae (daily, concrete) / kaitou 回答 (formal / survey) / kaitou 解答 (problem-solving, homophone) / seikai (correct) / henji (personal reply). School tests use kotae / 解答; surveys use 回答; replies among friends and family use henji — collocation selects the word.

Quick check

Which Japanese word refers to a survey response?