回答

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 回答, read かいとう, means responding to a question or survey and also the answer that is given.
• Basic usage: It can name a reply due by a deadline or form 回答する for completing a questionnaire.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Answering a question or a survey
  • It is used for an answer sent in response to a question and for the act of responding to a survey. Its direction is opposite to posing the question.