JLPT N3 · Verb

当てる (ateru)

当てる (あてる, ateru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hit”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あてる
Romaji: ateru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to hit · ichidan verb, transitive
to expose · ichidan verb, transitive
to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against · ichidan verb, transitive
to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class) · ichidan verb, transitive
to guess (an answer) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

かろうじて車に当てられずにすんだ。

I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.

Tatoeba #226129

この薬品は日光に当てないようにしなさい。

Don't expose this chemical to direct sunlight.

Tatoeba #219236

その金は体育館の建設に当てられた。

The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.

Tatoeba #211365

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 当てる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	当てる	あてる ateru
Polite (~masu)	当てます	あてます atemasu
Negative	当てない	あてない atenai
Polite negative	当てません	あてません atemasen
Past	当てた	あてた ateta
Polite past	当てました	あてました atemashita
Negative past	当てなかった	あてなかった atenakatta
Te-form	当てて	あてて atete
Potential	当てられる	あてられる aterareru
Passive	当てられる	あてられる aterareru
Causative	当てさせる	あてさせる atesaseru
Volitional	当てよう	あてよう ateyou
Imperative	当てろ	あてろ atero
Conditional (~ba)	当てれば	あてれば atereba

Kanji in 当てる

hit, right, appropriateトウ・あ.たる・あ.たり · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 当てる.

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当たるあたるto be hit当たり前あたりまえnatural妥当だとうvalid

Source: JMdict entry 1448860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.