当あたる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

touch; be in contact; be affixed

Describes contact rather than a forceful collision: a part, edge, surface, or attached item touches something.

• 椅い子すの背せが壁かべに当あたっている。

  The back of the chair is touching the wall.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be equivalent to; correspond to; apply to

Often used as ...に当たる for equivalence, correspondence, or falling under a category or rule.

• 一いちマイルは約やく一いち・六ろくキロに当あたる。

  One mile is equivalent to about 1.6 kilometers.

• このケースは例れい外がいに当あたる。

  This case falls under an exception.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be correct; hit the mark; be right on target

Used when a prediction, guess, criticism, or judgment turns out to be accurate or apt.

• 彼かれの予よ想そうはよく当あたる。

  His predictions are often right.

• その批ひ判はんはかなり当あたっている。

  That criticism is quite on the mark.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

win; be selected; draw a prize

Used for lotteries, drawings, prizes, and similar situations where someone or something is selected by chance.

• 宝たからくじに当あたった。

  I won the lottery.

• 抽ちゅう選せんで旅りょ行こう券けんが当あたった。

  I won a travel voucher in the drawing.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

succeed; go well; be a hit

Used when a product, plan, performance, or attempt catches on or succeeds beyond expectation.

• 新あたらしい企き画かくが当あたって、売うり上あげが伸のびた。

  The new project was a hit, and sales increased.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

face; confront; come up against

Used for facing an opponent, difficulty, or situation. Depending on context, it can imply being matched against someone or confronting a problem.

• 準じゅん決けっ勝しょうで強きょう豪ごう校こうに当あたる。

  We will face a powerhouse school in the semifinal.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

face toward; lie in the direction of

Used for location or orientation, often with directions such as 南, 北, or 海側.

• この部屋へやは南みなみに当あたる。

  This room faces south.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

take charge of; be assigned to; undertake

Used when someone is put in charge of a duty, task, role, or shift; common in work and school settings.

• 今日きょうは私わたしが受うけ付つけに当あたります。

  I will be in charge of reception today.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be stricken by; be afflicted by; get food poisoning from

Common with causes such as food, heat, sun, or weather exposure. 食べ物に当たる usually means getting sick from that food.

• 生なまのカキに当あたって、一ひと晩ばん中じゅう苦くるしんだ。

  I got food poisoning from raw oysters and suffered all night.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be called on; be picked to answer

Schoolroom use: a student is called on by a teacher or made to answer when their turn comes.

• 授じゅ業ぎょうで急きゅうに当あたって、答こたえに詰つまった。

  I was suddenly called on in class and got stuck for an answer.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

take it out on; lash out at; treat harshly

Usually 人に当たる: to vent anger, frustration, or stress on someone, often unfairly.

• 仕し事ごとのストレスを家か族ぞくに当あたってはいけない。

  You must not take your work stress out on your family.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be unnecessary; not warrant; be no need to

Fixed negative pattern, especially 〜するには当たらない, meaning that there is no need or no grounds to do something. Sounds somewhat formal.

• それは心しん配ぱいするには当あたらない。

  That is nothing to worry about.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be hitting well; be on a hitting streak

Baseball use, usually in the progressive 当たっている, describing a batter who is making good contact or getting hits.

• このところ、あの打だ者しゃはよく当あたっている。

  That batter has been hitting well lately.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

get a bite; feel a bite

Fishing use: a fish bites or gives a tug that the angler can feel. The related noun アタリ is also common in fishing talk.

• 今いま、魚さかなが当あたった。

  A fish just bit.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be bruised; be damaged; spoil

Used of fruit and similar items that become bruised or damaged from pressure or impact, often leading to spoilage.

• この桃ももは箱はこの中なかで当あたって、少すこし傷いたんでいる。

  This peach got bruised in the box and is a little damaged.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

check; consult; probe

Used when checking sources, leads, people, or facts. It can take を with leads or people, and に in expressions such as 原典に当たる, 'consult the original source.'

• まず関かん係けい者しゃを当あたって、事じ実じつを確かく認にんしよう。

  First, let's check with the people involved and confirm the facts.

• 念ねんのため、原げん典てんに当あたってください。

  Please consult the original source just to be sure.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

shave

Rare or old-fashioned compared with 剃る. Most modern speakers would normally say ひげを剃る rather than ひげを当たる.

• 「ひげを当あたる」は、今いまなら普ふ通つう「ひげを剃そる」と言いう。

  For ひげを当たる, people today would normally say ひげを剃る.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

be related as; stand in the relation of; be someone's ...

Used in the pattern AはBのCに当たる, meaning that A is C in relation to B, especially for family or social relationships.

• 彼かれは私わたしの母はは方かたの叔父おじに当あたる。

  He is my uncle on my mother's side.