🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

返信

Pronunciation / Transliteration: henshin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reply/rɪˈplaɪ/
verbnounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は彼のメールにすぐに返信した。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A response to a question, request, or statement.

    "She sent a quick reply to his email."
As verb
  1. 1

    To respond to something that has been said or written.

    "He decided to reply to the letter immediately."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French replier (to fold back, bend back), originating from the Latin replicare (to repeat, fold back). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from physically bending or turning back to mentally turning back to an argument, and ultimately to answering or responding to communication.

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