Word Meaning 手当たり次第

てあたりしだい teatarishidai

手当たり次第 is read as てあたりしだい (teatarishidai) and means using anything one can lay one's hands on.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

てあたりしだい

Romaji

teatarishidai

Writing Variants

手あたりしだい てあたりしだい teatarishidai
手あたり次第 てあたりしだい teatarishidai
手当たりしだい てあたりしだい teatarishidai
手当りしだい てあたりしだい teatarishidai
手当り次第 てあたりしだい teatarishidai

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Synonyms 何事も,何でも,何でもかんでも,何なりと Related Words 一つ残らず,余すことなく,余すところなく,悉く,ことごとく,洗いざらい,誰でも,皆 Rank 8279 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

相手次第

あいてしだい

changing one's attitude or response according who one is talking to or dealing with

勝手次第

かってしだい

acting according to one's inclinations

手弁当

てべんとう

working without pay

次第

しだい

depending on

式次第

しきしだい

program of a ceremony (programme)

本人次第

ほんにんしだい

being up to the person himself

実力次第

じつりょくしだい

according to (depending on) one's ability

気分次第

きぶんしだい

according to (depending on) the mood of the moment

事の次第

ことのしだい

circumstances

来次第

きしだい

as soon as (he, she, it) comes

面目次第

めんぼくしだい

face

でき次第

できしだい

as soon as completed

Example Sentences

手当たり次第に小説を読んだ。

I read novels at random.

彼は手当たり次第にＣＤを聞いた。

He listened to his CDs at random.