当てる

Japanese

See also 当たる
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
當てる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese 当つ (atu), following 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てる [àtérú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [a̠te̞ɾɯ̟]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「当てる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
当てる てる [àtérú]
Imperative (命令形) 当てろ てろ [àtéró]
Key constructions
Passive 当てられる てられる [àtérárérú]
Causative 当てさせる てさせる [àtésásérú]
Potential 当てられる てられる [àtérárérú]
Volitional 当てよう てよ [àtéyóꜜò]
Negative 当てない てない [àténáí]
Negative perfective 当てなかった てなかった [àténáꜜkàttà]
Formal 当てます てま [àtémáꜜsù]
Perfective 当てた てた [àtétá]
Conjunctive 当てて てて [àtété]
Hypothetical conditional 当てれば てれ [àtéréꜜbà]

Verb

()てる • (aterutransitive ichidan (stem () (ate), past ()てた (ateta))

Japanese verb pair
active 当てる
mediopassive 当たる
  1. to hit, to collide
  2. to hit, to strike (a target)
    ()(まと)()てる
    Ya o mato ni ateru.
    (Someone) hits the target with an arrow.
  3. to press against something, to apply
  4. to guess right, to hit on, to choose correctly
    (もの)(いろ)()てる
    mono no iro o ateru
    to guess the color of things
  5. to aim or direct onto something
    ○○に(ひかり)()てる
    ○○ ni hikari o ateru
    to shine light on X
    ○○に(しょう)(てん)()てる
    ○○ ni shōten o ateru
    to put the spotlight on X; to focus on X
    フォーカス()てる
    fōkasu o ateru
    (computing) to focus

Conjugation