当てる (Ateru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to hit, to expose, to apply (e.g. patch), to put on”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto hit
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto expose
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto guess (an answer)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)
Examples
彼は的に当てた。
He hit the mark.
彼は額に手を当てた。
He put his hand to his forehead.
私は矢を的に当てた。
I hit the mark with the arrow.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).