割わり当あてる

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

assign; allot; allocate; distribute

Used for giving out tasks, resources, budgets, seats, or time slots to people or groups. Often implies a planned or proportional division.

先せん生せいは生せい徒と一人ひとりひとりに課か題だいを割わり当あてた。
The teacher assigned a task to each student.

予よ算さんは各かく部ぶ署しょに均きん等とうに割わり当あてられた。

The budget was allocated equally to each department.

Written forms

割わり当あてるUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency and news priority.
割わり当あてるUsage5%
Variant spelling without okurigana り; less common but still recognized.
わりあてるUsage1%

Kanji

割proportion, comparatively, divide
当hit, right, appropriate

Similar words

配くばる
配る focuses on physically handing out items to individuals, while 割り当てる emphasizes the act of deciding shares or assignments, often in a more abstract or organizational sense.
振ふり分わける
振り分ける is more about sorting or directing things into categories or destinations, whereas 割り当てる is about giving out portions or duties.

Etymology

Compound of 割り (wari, 'division, share', from 割る 'to divide') + 当てる (ateru, 'to assign, to hit'). The combination yields the meaning 'to assign by dividing'.