Japanese edit

See also 当たる
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
當てる (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 edit

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

Japanese verb pair
active 当てる
mediopassive 当たる
  1. hit (collide)
  2. hit (strike a target)
    ()(まと)()てる
    Ya o mato ni ateru.
    (someone) hits the target with an arrow.
  3. press against something, apply
  4. guess right, hit on, choose correctly
    (もの)(いろ)()てる
    mono no iro o ateru
    to guess the color of things
  5. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    ○○に(ひかり)()てる
    ○○ ni hikari o ateru
    to shine light on X
    ○○に焦点(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 edit