当たり前 (atarimae) Japanese meaning: natural

当たり前 (atarimae) Japanese meaning: natural | Kotomora

Kanji

当hit, right, appropriate
前in front, before

Related words· 6

当とう然ぜんN3sense 1
当然 is more formal and often used in logical, legal, or moral reasoning, while 当たり前 is the everyday, colloquial way to say the same thing.
普ふ通つうN4sense 2
普通 simply means 'normal' or 'usual' without judgment, while 当たり前 adds the nuance that something is expected or taken for granted.
もっともN3sense 1
尤も stresses that a reaction or claim is reasonable and justified, whereas 当たり前 more broadly means something is obvious or expected.
自じ明めいN1
当たり前 is the everyday, conversational word for 'obvious' or 'normal', whereas 自明 sounds formal and logical.

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もちろんN5
当たり前 stresses that something is common sense or self-evident and can sound blunter than the more conversational もちろん.
言いうまでもない
当たり前 is a broadly usable adjective/noun meaning 'natural' or 'obvious', whereas 言うまでもない is specifically used to say a point is so clear it need not be stated.

Opposites

特とく別べつN4sense 2
特別 means 'special' or 'exceptional', the opposite of 当たり前's sense of being ordinary or the norm.
不ふ思し議ぎN4
当たり前 describes something ordinary and expected, the opposite of 不思議, which describes something inexplicable or surprising.

Don't confuse with

当あたりN1
当たり (a hit, or 'around/about') shares its first two kanji with 当たり前 but has a completely different meaning; don't drop the 前.

Built from

当あたる+前まえ

Written forms

当あたり前まえUsage73%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
あたりまえUsage16%
当あたり前まえUsage7%
Variant kanji spelling; less common but acceptable.
あたり前まえUsage3%
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Etymology

Compound of 当たり (atari, 'hit' or 'appropriate') + 前 (mae, 'before' or 'front'), literally meaning 'before hitting' or 'in front of appropriateness', which evolved to mean 'natural' or 'obvious'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.

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