心当たり[こころあたり] (kokoroatari)

having some knowledge of,happening to know

  • JLPT N2
  • Pitch 4
  • #19315 most frequent
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Meaning

心当たり (こころあたり, kokoroatari) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “having some knowledge of,happening to know”.

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Example sentences 8

犯人はんにん心当こころあたりはありますか

Do you have some knowledge of the criminal?

以前いぜん ったと おもうのですが、お 心当こころあたりないようでしたら 間違まちがいかもしれません。

I think we've met before, but if I don't ring a bell, maybe I'm wrong.

心当たりの家は皆訪ねた. I called at every likely house.心当たりのある方はお知らせ下さい。

Please inform us if you happen to know about it.

また、巣山古墳については、何か伝承を聞いていたのであろうか、「おのれいささか考え出でたることあり」と皇陵として被葬者の心当たりがある旨を書いている。

Regarding the Suyama-kofun Tumulus, his script that reads 'I have come up with a theory' suggests that he might have heard of a tradition indicative of the entombed that makes the tomb an Imperial mausoleum.