► 名詞
答え [(2)こたえ] meaning: answer rank: 1
☆ 一体いつ答えが出るんだ? ⇨ When the heck are we going to get an answer?
☆ 今直ぐ答えを出せとは言わない ⇨ I’m not saying you have to answer, make a decision, now
☆ 正しい答え ⇨ Correct answers
☆ 試験の結果を見て答えを出します ⇨ We will come to a conclusion after examining the test results
答え [(2)こたえ] meaning: respond rank: 1
☆ 私は彼の答えを待っている ⇨ I am waiting for his reply, response
☆ 鐘を鳴らしても答えが無かった ⇨ I rang the bell, but there was no answer
More examples:
- 答えを教えてあげようか? ⇨ Do you want me to tell you the answer?
- 彼は判で押したような答えをするだけだった ⇨ He just repeated a cookie-cutter response
- 彼はつっけんどんに答えた ⇨ He answered brusquely
- 質問の意味が分からず、咄嗟に受け答えが出来なかった ⇨ I didn’t understand the question, and I wasn’t able to respond immediately
- これは「はい、いいえ」で答えられる質問ではない ⇨ This is not a “yes no” question
- 質問されて彼は答えに詰まった ⇨ He wasn’t able to come up with an answer when asked a question
- 彼は質問に答えなかった ⇨ He didn’t answer the question
- 彼女は蚊の鳴くような声で答えた ⇨ She answered in a very faint, timid, voice
- 試験で全ての問いに答えることが出来なかった ⇨ I wasn’t able to answer all the questions in the exam
- あの女の子は声を掛けるとはきはき答えて可愛い ⇨ When I talk to that girl, she speaks articulately and is very cute
- 彼女はあやふやな答えをした ⇨ Her response was vague, not clear
- 自分が答えたくないからといってこっちに話を降るな ⇨ Just because you don’t want to answer the question, don’t direct the conversation to me
- それは「はい、いいえ」で答えられる質問ではない ⇨ That’s not a question you can answer with “yes, no”
- 私の問いに彼は頓珍漢な答えをした ⇨ He gave me a response that doesn’t make any sense
- 答えは聞く迄も無く明らかだ ⇨ The answer is so obvious that you don’t have to ask