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当たる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 当たる.

Dictionary

Entry

当たる当る中る中たるたるGodan verbFreq #932
1

Intransitive verb

to be hit; to strike

Examples
私は顔に冷たい風が当たるのを感じた。
I felt a cold wind on my face.
彼は発砲したが当たらなかった
He fired but missed.
2

Intransitive verb

to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed

3

Intransitive verb; Often as ...に当たる

to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to

Examples
日本の桜はまさにイギリスのバラにあたる
The cherry blossom is to Japan what the rose is to England.
4

Intransitive verb

to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

Examples
不思議な話だが、彼の予言は当たった
Strange to say, his prediction has come true.
5

Intransitive verb

to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win

Examples
福引きでカメラが当たった
I got a camera in a lottery.
6

Intransitive verb

to be successful; to go well; to be a hit

7

Intransitive verb

to face; to confront

8

Intransitive verb

to lie (in the direction of)

9

Intransitive verb

to undertake; to be assigned

10

Intransitive verb

to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted

Examples
彼はフグにあたった
He was poisoned by the globefish he ate.
11

Intransitive verb

to be called on (e.g. by a teacher)

12

Intransitive verb

to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at

13

Intransitive verb; As 〜するには当たらない, etc.

to be unnecessary

14

Intransitive verb; Baseball; Usu. as 当たっている

to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak

15

Intransitive verb

to feel a bite (in fishing)

16

Intransitive verb

(of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil

17

Transitive verb

to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)

18

Transitive verb

to shave

19

Transitive verb; As 〜の〜に当たる

to be a relative of a person; to be a ... in relation to ...; to stand in a relationship

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hit, right, appropriate, himself

6 strokesFrequency 91JLPT N2Grade 2

On

トウ

Kun

あ.たるあ.たりあ.てるあ.てまさ.にまさ.にべし

Nanori

たい

in, inside, middle, mean, center

4 strokesFrequency 11JLPT N4Grade 1

On

チュウ

Kun

なかうちあた.る

Nanori

あたるかなえ

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