Answer

"Answer" in Japanese

回答

kaitō

(response)

応答

ōtō

(response)

答え

kotae

(response)

解答

kaitō

(solution)

返事

henji

(reply to email)

返答

hentō

(reply to email)

答える

kotaeru

(to make a reply or response to)

答える

kotaeru

(to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily)

返事する

henji suru

(to make a reply or response to)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.