Dictionary: “場当たり”

場当たり

ばあたり

playing to the gallery; grandstanding; gag; claptrap

That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?

Kun/On information

場
On
じょう;ちょう
Kun
ば
Stroke count
12

・location

・place

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当
On
とう
Kun
あ.たる;あ.たり;あ.てる;あ.て;まさ.に;まさ.にべし
Stroke count
6

・hit

・right

・appropriate

・himself

1 2 3 4 5 6