当てる

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Japanese

See also 当たる
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
當てる (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「当てる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
当てる てる
Imperative (命令形) 当てろ てろ
Key constructions
Passive 当てられる てられる
Causative 当てさせる てさせる
Potential 当てられる てられる
Volitional 当てよう てよ
Negative 当てない てない
Negative perfective 当てなかった てなかった
Formal 当てます てま
Perfective 当てた てた
Conjunctive 当てて てて
Hypothetical conditional 当てれば てれ

Verb

()てる (aterutransitive ichidan (stem () (ate), past ()てた (ateta))

Japanese verb pair
active 当てる
mediopassive 当たる
  1. hit (collide)
  2. hit (strike a target)
    ()(まと)()てる
    Ya o mato ni ateru.
    (someone) hits the target with an arrow.
  3. press against something, apply
  4. guess right, hit on, choose correctly
    (もの)(いろ)()てる
    mono no iro o ateru
    to guess the color of things
  5. aim or direct onto something
    ○○に(ひかり)()てる
    ○○ ni hikari o ateru
    to shine light on X
    ○○に焦点(しょうてん)()てる
    ○○ ni shōten o ateru
    to put the spotlight on X; to focus on X
    フォーカス()てる
    fōkasu o ateru
    (computing) to focus

Conjugation