応ずる

おうずる · ouzuru · JLPT N2 · verb-ichidan

to respond

🙋 Sounds like oh, sure! — what you say when you comply with a request

応 means respond or answer, as in 反応 (reaction) and 応答 (reply). ずる is an older form of する (to do), so 応ずる is literally to do a response. Saying oh, sure to a request is exactly that.

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