手当り次第

Japanese
Kanji in this term
手 当 次 第
て
Grade: 1		 あ(た)
Grade: 2		 し
Grade: 3		 だい
Grade: 3
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spellings
手當り次第 (kyūjitai)
手当たりしだい
手当たり次第
手あたりしだい
手あたり次第
手当りしだい

Etymology

Compound of 手当り +‎ 次第.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) てあたりし​だい [tèátáríshíꜜdàì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [te̞a̠ta̠ɾʲiɕida̠i]

Adverb

手(て)当(あた)り次(し)第(だい) • (teatarishidai) 

  1. using anything one can lay one's hands on
  2. haphazardly
    手当(てあた)り次第(しだい)に本(ほん)を読(よ)む
    teatarishidai ni hon o yomu
    reading a book at random

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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