相向ふあいむかう

yodan verb with 'hu/fu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

to face each other; to be opposite

Archaic intransitive yodan verb. In modern Japanese, the same meaning is expressed by 向かい合う (むかいあう) or 相対する (あいたいする).

• 古ふるい文ぶん書しょに「両りょう軍ぐん、川かわを隔へだてて相あい向むかふ」とある。

  An old document says, 'The two armies faced each other across the river.'