報える

Variants

• 報えるこたえる
• 徹えるこたえる
• 応えるこたえる

Meanings

1. to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
2. 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

Kanji used

• 報news