I Love Kanji当たる (ataru)
当たる (あたる, ataru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be hit; to strike”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あたる
- Romaji
- ataru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be hit; to strike · godan verb, intransitive
- to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed · godan verb, intransitive
- to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to · godan verb, intransitive · often as ...に当たる
- to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
- to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 当たる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 当たる | あたる ataru |
| Polite (~masu) | 当たります | あたります atarimasu |
| Negative | 当たらない | あたらない ataranai |
| Polite negative | 当たりません | あたりません atarimasen |
| Past | 当たった | あたった atatta |
| Polite past | 当たりました | あたりました atarimashita |
| Negative past | 当たらなかった | あたらなかった ataranakatta |
| Te-form | 当たって | あたって atatte |
| Potential | 当たれる | あたれる atareru |
| Passive | 当たられる | あたられる atarareru |
| Causative | 当たらせる | あたらせる ataraseru |
| Volitional | 当たろう | あたろう atarou |
| Imperative | 当たれ | あたれ atare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 当たれば | あたれば atareba |
Kanji in 当たる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 当たる.
本当ほんとうtruthお弁当おべんとうbento適当てきとうsuitable見当けんとうestimate当りあたりhit相当そうとうcorresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.)担当たんとうbeing in charge (of an area of responsibility)当時とうじat that time弁当べんとうbento本当ほんとtruth当然とうぜんnatural当てるあてるto hit当たり前あたりまえnatural妥当だとうvalid
Source: JMdict entry 1448810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.