adverb, expression

  1. using anything one can lay one's hands on, haphazardly, on the rebound, at random, indiscriminately.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
手当たり次第 てあたりしだい
 
 
 
 
 
手当たりしだい てあたりしだい
手当
 
手当り次第 てあたりしだい
 
 
 
 
 
 
手あたりしだい てあたりしだい
 
 
 
手あたり次第 てあたりしだい
手当
 
 
 
 
手当りしだい てあたりしだい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)
hit, right, appropriate
トウ あ.たる まさ.に (2nd, N3)
snout, hand
next, order, sequence
つぎ ジ つ.ぐ (3rd, N3)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ か.ける ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
No., residence
ダイ テイ (3rd, N1)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
younger brother, faithful service to elders
おとうと ダイ デ (2nd, N4)
to divide
condolences, mourning, funeral
とむら.う チョウ とぶら.う (9th, N1)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ キュウ こ (2nd, N1)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)