当たり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当
あ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
當たり (kyūjitai)

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 当(あ)たる (ataru).

Noun

当(あ)たり or 当(ア)たり • (atari) 

1. a hit
2. a winning or correct guess
3. (go) atari, a situation where a stone or group of stones is threatened with capture on the next move
4. (fishing) bite

   アタリがあったら合(あ)わせる

   atari ga attara awaseru

   When it bites, I'll hook it

Suffix

当(あ)たり • (atari) 

1. per, each, every

Verb

当(あ)たり • (atari) 

1. stem or continuative form of 当たる (ataru) [godan]

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.