当たり屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	屋
あ Grade: 2	や Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
當たり屋 (kyūjitai) 当り屋

Etymology

Compound of 当(あ)たり (atari) + 屋(や) (-ya).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あたりや [àtáríyá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ɾʲija̠]

Noun

当(あ)たり屋(や) • (atariya)

lucky person, especially someone who made a lot of money from gambling or stock market
(baseball) skilled batter, batter on a hot streak
accident faker, in order to claim for compensation
barbershop
Synonym: 床屋 (tokoya)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN