返信|へんしんhenshin[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbreply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 返信する(へんしんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 返信します(へんしんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 返信しない(へんしんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 返信しません(へんしんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 返信せず・返信せぬ(へんしんせず・へんしんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 返信した(へんしんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 返信しました(へんしんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 返信しなかった(へんしんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 返信しませんでした(へんしんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 返信して(へんしんして) |
| Potential | 返信できる(へんしんできる) |
| Passive | 返信される(へんしんされる) |
| Causative | 返信させる(へんしんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 返信させられる(へんしんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 返信すれば(へんしんすれば) |
| tara | 返信したら(へんしんしたら) |
| Volitional | 返信しよう(へんしんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 返信しましょう(へんしんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 返信しろ(へんしんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym返事へんじNeutralGeneral replies, spoken or written; 「返信」 is limited to replies to letters, emails and other messages.
- Synonym返答へんとうNeutralAnswers to someone's question or call; leans toward written prose and is not limited to correspondence.
- Synonym返書へんしょWrittenA reply letter; written and old-fashioned — nowadays people say 「返信」.
- SynonymリプライCasualColloquial loanword for a reply to a message, especially common on social media; often shortened to 「リプ」.
- Related回答かいとうNeutralAnswers to questions or surveys, as in 「アンケートに回答する」; not restricted to correspondence.
- Related応答おうとうNeutralResponding to a question or call; also covers biological reactions to stimuli; leans technical.
- Related応酬おうしゅうNeutralReturning blow for blow in a back-and-forth exchange, as in 「ヤジの応酬」; stresses mutual sparring, not a single reply.
- Related受け答えうけこたえNeutralAnswers given face to face or on the phone, as in 「受け答えがしっかりしている」; about handling conversation.
- RelatedレスポンスNeutralLoanword stressing reaction or response speed, as in 「レスポンスが早い」; the focus is on how one reacts rather than on the reply message itself.
- RelatedアンサーNeutralColloquial loanword for an answer or solution, mostly on TV shows and in games.
Use 「返信」 for replies to emails, letters and messages. For spoken replies pick 「返事」, for formal answers to surveys 「回答」, and for social-media replies 「リプライ」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


