返答

へんとう

reply, answer

返答に窮する

へんとうにきゅうする

to be embarrassed for a reply, to be at a loss for a reply

口返答

くちへんとう

talking back, retort

返答書

へんとうしょ

reply letter

返答次第

へんとうしだい

depending on the answer, hinging on the reply

詰まる

つまる

to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.), to be clogged, to be plugged up

のどに詰まる

のどにつまる

to stick in one's throat, to choke on something

言葉に詰まる

ことばにつまる

to be at a loss for words

我に返る

われにかえる

to come to one's senses

詰まる所

つまるところ

in short, in brief, to sum up, ultimately, in the end, in the long run, when all is said and done, what it all comes down to, when you get right down to it

煮詰まる

につまる

to be boiled down

息詰まる

いきづまる

to be breathtaking, to be stifling

瓶に詰める

びんにつめる

to fill a bottle

見詰め返す

みつめかえす

to stare back at, to look back at

質問に答える

しつもんにこたえる

to answer a question

詰る

なじる つる

to rebuke, to scold, to tell off

答える

こたえる

to answer, to reply

返る

かえる

to return, to come back, to go back

行き詰まる

いきづまる ゆきづまる

to reach the limits, to come to the end of one's tether