当てる

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to hit
2. v1vt
   to expose
3. v1vt
   to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against
4. v1vt
   to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
5. v1vt
   to guess (an answer)
6. v1vt
   to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

Example sentences

• 仮に競馬でたまたま大穴を当てたとしましょう。

  Let's suppose you happen to strike it rich at the races.

• 保憲は脇息に身を預け、目前に出された朝餉に当惑の目を当てていた。

  Yasunori leaned into the armrest and looked in bemusement at the breakfast laid before him.

• 有能な探偵がその悲劇の原因を調査する任務に当てられた。

  The capable detective was assigned to investigate the cause of the tragedy.