- 答え【こたえ】 - answer, reply, response, answer, solution, result 
- 答える【こたえる】 - to answer, to reply 
- 応答【おうとう】 - reply, answer, response 
- 回答【かいとう】 - reply, answer 
- 答申【とうしん】 - report, reply, findings 
- 答弁【とうべん】 - response, reply, answer, defence, defense 
- 解答【かいとう】 - answer, solution 
- 答案【とうあん】 - examination paper, examination script, answer sheet, answer (to an exam question) 
- 返答【へんとう】 - reply, answer 
- 問答【もんどう】 - questions and answers, dialogue 
- 押し問答【おしもんどう】 - arguing back and forth, bandying words, verbal tug-of-war 
- 禅問答【ぜんもんどう】 - Zen dialogue, Zen questions and answers 
- 贈答【ぞうとう】 - exchange of presents 
- 即答【そくとう】 - immediate reply 
- 受け答え【うけこたえ】 - reply, response, answer 
- 答礼【とうれい】 - return of a courtesy, returning one's thanks, return salute, return call 
- 正答【せいとう】 - correct answer 
- 自問自答【じもんじとう】 - answering one's own question, wondering to oneself, soliloquizing, soliloquising 
- 答辞【とうじ】 - address in reply (e.g. at a ceremony), formal reply