- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [v1, vi] to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations) — occ. written as 報える
  2. 2. [v1, vi] 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 — occ. written as 徹える

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Example Sentences

You ought to live up to your parents' hopes.
It is beginning to tell on him.