当たる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
當たる (kyūjitai)
当る (archaic)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「当たる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
当たる たる
Imperative (命令形) 当たれ たれ
Key constructions
Passive 当たられる たられる
Causative 当たらせる たらせる
Potential 当たれる たれる
Volitional 当たろう たろ
Negative 当たらない たらない
Negative perfective 当たらなかった たらなかった
Formal 当たります たりま
Perfective 当たった たった
Conjunctive 当たって たって
Hypothetical conditional 当たれば たれ

Verb

()たる (ataruintransitive godan (stem ()たり (atari), past ()たった (atatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 当てる
mediopassive 当たる
  1. hit
    (かれ)()げたボールが(ぼく)()たった
    Kare ga nageta bōru ga boku ni atatta.
    The ball he threw hit me.
  2. (for lottery) win
    (わたし)は、(さん)()(たから)くじに()たった。
    Watashi wa, san do takarakuji ni atatta.
    I have won the lottery 3 times.
  3. be correct, be exactly right
    • 1904, 井上円了, 迷信解:
      かかる予言(よげん)(けっ)して()たるべき()はない。
      Kakaru yogen no kesshite ataru beki ri wa nai.
      There is no reason why such prophesies must be correct.
  4. be shone on by the sun, be warmed by heat, or blown on by wind
    • 1941, 徳田秋声, 縮図:
      ()(かぜ)()たっちゃいけないんだよ。
      Yokaze ni atatcha ikenai n da yo.
      You shouldn't let the night wind blow on you.
    • 1949, 永井隆, この子を残して:
      この放射線(ほうしゃせん)物体(ぶったい)()たると、さらに二次(にじ)放射線(ほうしゃせん)発生散乱(はっせいさんらん)する。
      Kono hōshasen wa buttai ni ataru to, sarani niji hōshasen o hassei sanran suru.
      When these rays strikes a body, secondary rays will be generated and diffuse.
  5. include or need (in the construction verb + 〜には当たらない)

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN