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当 kanji
hit, right, appropriate, himself
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
トウ
Kun readings
あたるあたりあてるあてまさにまさにべし
Variant forms
當Words with 当
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —経済財政政策担当大臣State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy
- —科学技術政策担当大臣State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy
- —格納メッセージ該当数stored message summary; MS
- —当前natural; right; proper; just; reasonable; appropriate; deserved; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly; deservedly; justly; of course
- —辨当bento; Japanese box lunch
- —当籤winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
- —当処this place; this office
- —伊当Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi)
- —御弁当bento; Japanese box lunch
- —当籤者prizewinner
- —当の昔a long time ago; long ago
- —当籤券winning ticket (in a lottery, etc.)
- —御当地this place; where one comes from; here
- —当駅止(train) terminating at this station; not in service
- —石敢当ishigantō; stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads, on stone walls etc. in southern Kyūshū and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chinese custom
- —御当家your family; your house
- —タコ配当bogus dividend
- —４当５落sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
- —本当の所in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
- —見当付くto have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)