Where does “ひとあたり” come from?

ひとあたり (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

ひとあたり (Japanese): impression that a person gives/attitude that a person shows on a first meeting

Definitions

  1. impression that a person gives/attitude that a person shows on a first meeting

Ancestry of “ひとあたり”, step by step

ひとあたり traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseone, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity
2Japanese始めbeginning, the start of an activity or time...
3Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate

via Japanese 当たり

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese当たりa hit; a winning or correct guess; atari, a...
2Japanese当たるhit; win; be correct, be exactly right

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea person, human; an individual; mankind, people
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