あてる – Vocabulary details

あてる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to hit

一いち撃げき当あてればそれでいい！Just land one hit and that's enough!

2. to expose

布ふ団とんを日にっ光こうに当あてた。I aired the futon in the sunlight.

3. to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against

そう言いって彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの胸むねにそっと両りょう手てを当あてる。Saying so, she gently places both hands against her chest.

4. to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)

先せん生せいは今日きょうも僕ぼくばかり当あてる。Today again, the teacher keeps calling on me.

5. to guess (an answer)

なにを考かんがえているか、当あててみましょうか？Shall I guess what you're thinking?

6. to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

宝たからくじで一いち億おく円えんを当あてた。I won a hundred million yen in the lottery.

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to push (something) against

to push (something) against

to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover

値ね段だんをあてられますか。

Can you guess the price?

宝たからくじをあてたい！

I want to win the lottery!

胸むねに手てをあてた。

I placed my hand on my chest.

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