Meaning of 行き当たりばったり in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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行き当たりばったり, 行きあたりばったり, 行き当りばったり
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Kana Readingいきあたりばったり, ゆきあたりばったり
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Romajiikiataribattari, yukiataribattari
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
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Example Sentences
行き当たりばったり, 行きあたりばったり, 行き当りばったり, いきあたりばったり, ゆきあたりばったり used in context
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She took a book at random from the shelf.
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They are collecting information by casual methods.
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Losing the way, he chose the road at random.
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Try not to make random statements.
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Don't leave everything to chance.
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Just wandering around can be a good way to travel.
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Kanji found in this word
hit, right, appropriate, himself
On: トウ
Kun: あ.たる, あ.たり, あ.てる, あ.て, まさ.に, まさ.にべし
6 strokes
going, journey
On: コウ, ギョウ, アン
Kun: い.く, ゆ.く, -ゆ.き, -ゆき, -い.き, -いき, おこな.う, おこ.なう
6 strokes
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