noun
opposite bank; farther shore
Refers to the other side of a river, lake, or similar body of water.
向こう岸に小さな家が見える。
I can see a small house on the opposite bank.
泳いで向こう岸まで渡った。
I swam across to the farther shore.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only variant with 向う instead of 向こう.
Compound of 向こう (mukō, 'opposite side') and 岸 (kishi, 'shore, bank').