当たり

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
當たり (kyūjitai)
アタリ

Etymology

(れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()たる (ataru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たり [àtárí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Noun

()たり • (atari

  1. a hit
  2. a clue, an estimate, a guess
  3. a winning or correct guess
  4. (go) atari, a situation where a stone or group of stones is threatened with capture on the next move
  5. (fishing) bite
    アタリがあったら()わせる
    atari ga attara awaseru
    When it bites, I'll hook it

Derived terms

Suffix

()たり • (atari

  1. per, each, every

Verb

()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.