当てる|あてるateru[0]heiban (flat)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto hit
   かろうじて車くるまに当あてられずにすんだ。↗

   I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.
2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto expose
   この薬品やくひんは日光にっこうに当あてないようにしなさい。↗

   Don't expose this chemical to direct sunlight.
3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against
4. ichidan verb, transitive verbto allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
   その金かねは体育館たいいくかんの建設けんせつに当あてられた。↗

   The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.
5. ichidan verb, transitive verbto guess (an answer)
6. ichidan verb, transitive verbto make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)
   彼かれは前回ぜんかいの好景気こうけいきの間あいだに財産ざいさんを株かぶ取り引とりひきのあてた。↗

   He amassed a fortune in stock trading during the last boom.

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• SynonymぶつけるNeutralAlso for rain or waves lashing hard, as in 「雨が窓に打ち付ける」; with 「当てる」 the contact is caused by someone, not by the elements.
• Synonym接触せっしょくNeutralContact or touching, also getting in touch with a person; 「当てる」 is making something touch, whether on purpose or not.
• SynonymぶっつけるCasualColloquial. To smash or crash into, also to vent anger — a variant of 「ぶつける」; rougher and more forceful than 「当てる」.
• Synonym打ち当てるうちあてるWrittenRare, mostly in written prose. Making an object crash hard into another; more forceful than 「当てる」, and in daily speech 「ぶつける」 is used.
• RelatedぶつNeutralRead ぶつ. Colloquially it means to hit or strike a person; 「当てる」 focuses on bringing something into contact with a target.
• Related殴るなぐるNeutralBeats someone directly with fists, sticks or similar, with violence; 「当てる」 only brings something into contact with a target and implies no beating.
• Related叩くたたくNeutralPatting, knocking or tapping, and by extension criticizing; 「当てる」 centers on hitting the mark or pressing something on.
• Related当たるあたるNeutralIntransitive: to be hit, come into contact, or win a prize or guess right; 「当てる」 is transitive.
• Related引き当てるひきあてるNeutralTo draw a winning ticket, or to put yourself in someone's position; close to 「当てる」 in the winning sense.
• Related突き当たるつきあたるNeutralTo crash into something or reach a dead end, also figuratively to hit problems; intransitive, while 「当てる」 makes something hit.
• Related割り当てるわりあてるNeutralTo assign tasks or allot shares; 「当てる」 written 「充てる」 also covers setting something aside for a use.
• RelatedタッチNeutralLoanword. Touching, or a painter's or writer's touch; 「当てる」 centers on pressing against or striking a target.
• Related当てはめるあてはめるNeutralTo apply a rule or formula to a concrete case; 「当てる」 is more concrete.
• Related打ち付けるうちつけるNeutralNailing something down or banging hard into it, as in 「頭を打ち付ける」; more force than 「当てる」.
• Related殴りつけるなぐりつけるCasualColloquial. To strike someone hard, fiercer than 「殴る」; close to 「当てる」 only in the bare sense of hitting.
• Related叩きつけるたたきつけるNeutralSlamming or hurling something onto, also thrusting a resignation letter at someone; 「当てる」 merely makes contact, without the violent slam.
• Relatedぶち当たるぶちあたるCasualColloquial. To slam into something, or figuratively to run up against a problem, as in 「壁にぶち当たる」; intransitive, while 「当てる」 is transitive.
• RelatedしばくCasualColloquial Kansai dialect. Whipping or beating someone with a stick; rather coarse. Shares only the hitting sense with 「当てる」.
• RelatedどやすCasualColloquial. To beat someone or yell at them, with a rough edge; 「当てる」 has no sense of shouting at anyone.
• RelatedどやしつけるCasualColloquial. To beat someone badly or give them a scolding, heavier than 「どやす」; overlaps with 「当てる」 only in hitting.
• RelatedあてがうNeutralTo fit or press something against, or assign somewhat arbitrarily; close to 「当てる」 in both the attaching and assigning senses.
• Related振り当てるふりあてるNeutralTo assign tasks; rare — 「割り当てる」 is the usual choice. Shares only the assigning sense with 「当てる」.
• Antonym外すはずすNeutralTo take something off, or to miss; the opposite of 「当てる」 attaching something or hitting the mark.

Use 「当てる」 for hitting a target, attaching something, guessing right, or bringing things into contact. To be hit, say 「当たる」; to beat a person, 「殴る」 or 「叩く」; to assign tasks or shares, 「割り当てる」; to apply a rule or formula, 「当てはめる」. The other compounds add force or colour — slamming, nailing, venting anger — and the intransitives 「当たる」「突き当たる」「ぶち当たる」 describe being hit or crashing. Choose by sense, force and register.

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1. 原義げんぎ:最もっとも適当てきとうな位置いちにすえる。
2. 打ち付うちつける、突き合つきあわせる。
3. 触さわらせる、触ふれさせる。
4. 当あてはめる、合あわせる。
5. 目的もくてきどおり達たっする、計算けいさんどおりに成功せいこうする。
6. あてがう。
7. 割り当わりあてる、分配ぶんぱいする。
8. 推し量おしはかる、正まさしく判断はんだんする。
9. （中なかてる、当あてる）目標もくひょうの物ものにものを投とうじ、それが的まとにあたる、的中てきちゅうさせる。
10. （充あてる）充当じゅうとうする、～で充みたす。