Meaning of あてる in Japanese

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Definition of あてる

  1. (v1, vt) to address

    同一差出人から同一受取人に宛てて郵袋という、文字通り袋に印刷物を入れて郵送します。
    A mailbag from a single sender addressed to one recipient, as the name suggests, is for delivering a bag of printed matter.

  1. (v1, vt) to assign; to set aside

    彼はその金を借金の返済に充てた。
    He applied the money to the payment of debts.

  1. (v1, vt) to hit

    かろうじて車に当てられずにすんだ。
    I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.

  2. to expose
  3. to apply (e.g. patch)
  4. to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
  5. to guess (an answer)
  6. to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)
  1. (v1, vt) to hit something aimed at (maliciously); to hit a prize; lottery →Related words: 当てる

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