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aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering

reaction; response

1. response; feeling  (see also: 応え)

2. worth ...ing; worthwhile ...ing; satisfying to ...  (see also: 見応え, 読み応え)

1. to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)  (this meaning is restricted to form 応える, 報える)

2. to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain  (see also: 堪える; sometimes 堪える)

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy  (often written with kana only)