N2576/1725

応おう対たい

irregular kanji usagenounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verb

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おうたい

Meanings

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.), receiving (callers, visitors, etc.), attending to, handling, serving

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは来客らいきゃくへの応対おうたいがとても上手じょうずだ。

She is very good at attending to visitors.

電話でんわでの応対おうたいには丁寧ていねいな言葉遣ことばづかいが必要ひつようだ。

Polite language is necessary when dealing with people over the phone.

新入社員しんにゅうしゃいんはまだ顧客こきゃく応対おうたいに慣なれていない。

The new employee is not yet accustomed to handling customers.

受付うけつけ担当者たんとうしゃがにこやかに来訪者らいほうしゃに応対おうたいした。

The receptionist attended to the visitor with a smile.

クレームへの迅速じんそくかつ誠実せいじつな応対おうたいが顧客こきゃく満足度まんぞくどの向上こうじょうにつながる。

Prompt and sincere handling of complaints leads to improved customer satisfaction.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)