Illustration: At a small neighborhood festival game, a child has just thrown a soft ball at three empty cans on a wooden stand. The ball is caught at the instant it strikes the middle can, denting its side and knocking it backward while the neighboring cans remain upright.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

当あてる

ateru

to hit

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは矢やを的まとに当あてた。

    I hit the mark with the arrow.

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  2. 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.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは的まとに当あてた。

    He hit the mark.

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Kanji in 当

  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる

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