あてはまる・当てはまる・当て嵌まるatehamaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements); to fulfill (conditions); to come under (a heading)
   この規則きそくは１年生ねんせいには当あてはまらない。↗

   This rule doesn't apply to first-year students.

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• Synonym合うあうNeutralThe broadest and most common word for things matching or suiting each other; 「当てはまる」 is narrower, about meeting a condition or rule.
• Related似つかわしいにつかわしいWrittenWritten word for something becoming or appropriate, matching a person's status or style; 「当てはまる」 is about fitting a condition.
• RelatedふさわしいNeutralSays something befits a person, role or occasion; 「当てはまる」 is about satisfying a condition rather than suiting someone.
• Related適切てきせつNeutralEvaluative: something is apt or well chosen; 「当てはまる」 simply states whether something meets the criteria.
• Related相応そうおうNeutralBefitting one's status or age, as in 「年相応」; 「当てはまる」 instead concerns whether a condition or rule is met.
• Related適正てきせいWrittenFormal word for reasonable and proper, as in 「適正価格」.
• Related妥当だとうWrittenAbout judgments being valid and reasonable; 「当てはまる」 is simply whether something fits the criteria.
• Related手ごろてごろNeutralConvenient and just right in price or size, as in 「手頃な値段」.
• Relatedそれ相応それそうおうNeutralAppropriate to the situation or case at hand, as in 「それ相応の報酬」.
• RelatedもってこいCasualColloquial: just perfect for a purpose, as in 「旅行に持ってこいの天気」.
• RelatedしかるべきWrittenWritten word meaning due or proper, as in 「しかるべき処置」.
• Related分相応ぶんそうおうNeutralWithin one's means or station, as in 「分相応の暮らし」.
• Related適したてきしたNeutralSuited to a particular purpose or use, as in 「農業に適した」.
• Antonym外れるはずれるNeutralAntonym: to miss the mark or fail to fit, the opposite of 「当てはまる」's sense of meeting a condition.
• Antonym反するはんするWrittenWritten word for running counter to or violating something, the opposite of 「当てはまる」 in the sense of complying with a rule.

Use 「当てはまる」 for meeting a condition, rule or description, as in 「条件に当てはまる」. For something suiting a person or role, say 「相応しい」 or 「似つかわしい」; for something apt or well chosen, 「適切」; for going against a rule, 「反する」. The rest describe suitability in specific ways: 「手ごろ」 for price and size, 「適した」 for a purpose, 「持って来い」 colloquially for something ideal.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. ある事柄ことがらが一定いっていの条件じょうけんに適合てきごうする。
2. ぴったりと合あう。