In general kyudo competitions which use kasumi-mato or hoshi-mato, 'atari' (hit) and 'hazure' (miss) are the only decisions, no matter which area of the mato an arrow hits on (refer to the section of Competition in Kyudo for further details).
なお霞・星的を用いる通常の競技では的中の判定は「あたり」か「はずれ」のみであり、的のどこにあたろうと差はない（詳細は弓道競技方法参照）。