手応え・手ごたえ|てごたえtegotae[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common

Which spelling to use

手応え手応え is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it when referring to physical resistance or a response to your efforts.

手ごたえ手ごたえ is a less common written variant of 手応え; you may encounter it in writing with the same meanings, including physical resistance and responses to efforts.

Definitions

nounfeeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance
nounresponse (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)

Synonyms & antonyms

手応え refers either to the physical resistance felt in the hands when striking or poking something or, figuratively, to a sense that one's efforts are drawing a real response; context determines which sense applies.

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Japanese definitions

叩たたいたり触ふれたりしたときに手てに受うける感覚かんかく。
行動こうどうを起おこしたときに、それに対たいする反応はんのう。

Kanji in this word

手応

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