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    3. 手当たり次第

    手当たり次第

    手て当あた​り​次し第だい

    using anything one can lay one's hands on

    KMT10News #42+1Ref L1AdverbDaily LifeKanji Vocab33 strokes

    手当たりしだい手当り次第手あたりしだい手あたり次第手当りしだい

    てあたりしだい

    Adverb

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

    Stroke 0 / 33

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは手て当あたり次し第だいに本ほんを読よんだ。

    He read books indiscriminately.

    KMT7Daily Life
    部へ屋やが散ちらかっていたので、手て当あたり次し第だいに物ものを片おか付たづけた。

    The room was messy, so I tidied things up haphazardly.

    KMT10Daily LifeHome & Housing
    災さい害がい時じ、人ひと々びとは手て当あたり次し第だいに安あん全ぜんな場ば所しょを求もとめて避ひ難なんした。

    During the disaster, people evacuated haphazardly, seeking any safe place they could find.

    KMT10Daily LifeNature & Environment
    彼かれは手て当あたり次し第だいに仕し事ごとを探さがしたが、なかなか見みつからなかった。

    He searched for a job indiscriminately, but couldn't find one easily.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    怒いかりに任まかせて手て当あたり次し第だいに物ものを壊こわすのは、決けっして良よい解かい決けつ策さくではない。

    Breaking things indiscriminately out of anger is never a good solution.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
    Kanji
    次
    つ.ぐ・つぎ…(6)
    next・order・sequence
    Kanji
    第
    No.・residence
    Kanji
    た
    ta
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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