おうたい

応対

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

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.)receiving (callers, visitors, etc.)attending tohandlingserving

Example Sentences

その客の応対は(わたし)がします。

I'm going to attend to the customer.

誰も玄関へ応対に出なかった。

Nobody answered the door.

その女店員が(わたし)に応対してくれた。

The sales girl waited on me.

(わたし)の応対をしてくれる店員がいなかった。

There were no clerks to wait on me.

(わたし)に応対してくれる店員が見当たらなかった。

I couldn't find a clerk to wait on me.