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向かい合わせる (むかいあわせる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

向むかい合あわせる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb

make face each other; place opposite; confront

Transitive verb meaning to position two things or people so that they face each other, or to bring someone into confrontation with another.

二人ふたりの椅い子すを向むかい合あわせて置おいた。
I placed the two chairs facing each other.
彼かれはライバルと向むかい合あわせられ

た

。

He was made to confront his rival.

Written forms

向むかい合あわせるUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling.
向むかい合あわせるUsage6%
Variant using 合せる instead of 合わせる.
向むかい合あわせる
Variant spelling without the か in 向かい.
向むかい合あわせる
Rare variant combining 向い and 合せる.

Kanji

向yonder, facing, beyond
合fit, suit, join

Similar words

向むかい合あう
Intransitive counterpart; means 'to face each other' without an agent causing the action.

Etymology

Compound of 向かい (mukai, 'facing') + 合わせる (awaseru, 'to make meet'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of causing two things to face each other.