応対

おうたい

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

JLPT N2 common word Also written 応待

Meaning

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

Example sentences

店の人は私のことを知るようになり、私はいつも同じウェイトレスに応対してもらっていた。

People got to know me, and I had the same waitress all the time.
誰も玄関へ応対に出なかった。

Nobody answered the door.
私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.