あたり
Meanings
Noun
1. hit
2. success
3. guess; prediction
4. affability; friendliness
5. sensation; touch
6. bruise (on fruit)
7. atari; situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (Usually kana, usu. アタリ)
8. bite (of a fish on a hook); strike (also written as 魚信)
Suffix
9. per; each
Other spellings
当たり当り
Other readings
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
あたり
Used in vocabulary
総当たり
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
Noun
大当たり
great success; big hit; smash hit; winner; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on; hitting the nail on the head; bumper crop; …
Noun
手当り次第
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
Adverb
Examples7
その
The factory now under construction will assemble 3,000 VCR units per day.
何回か
I got several bites, but could not hook a fish.
中東
Middle Eastern oil prices jumped by five dollars per barrel.
携帯電話
Even making an international phone call from a cell phone can be done for 20 yen per minute with Mobila.
トヨタ
What's the daily rate for a Toyota?
赤道
Distance per degree of longitude at equator.