Word details

手当たり次第

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 手当たり次第.

Dictionary

Entry

手当たり次第手当たりしだい手当り次第手あたりしだい手あたり次第手当りしだいあたりしだいAdverbExpressionFreq #16397
1

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

Examples
手当たり次第に買物をするのはやめたほうがいいですよ。
You had better stop buying things at random.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hand

4 strokesFrequency 60JLPT N4Grade 1

On

シュ

Kun

て--てた-

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

next, order, sequence

6 strokesFrequency 222JLPT N2Grade 3

On

Kun

つ.ぐつぎ

Nanori

すきつぐよし

No., residence

11 strokesFrequency 160JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ダイテイ

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