仰あお向むけ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

facing upward; on one's back

Describes a position lying face up. Often used adverbially as 仰向けに (e.g., 仰向けに寝る).

彼かれは仰あお向むけに寝ねて、天てん井じょうを見みつめていた。
He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling.

赤あかちゃんを仰あお向むけに寝ねかせてください。

Please lay the baby on their back.

Usage patterns

仰あお向むけに寝ねるto lie on one's back / face up
疲つかれたので仰あお向むけに寝ねて休やすんだ。
Since I was tired, I lay on my back and rested.
仰あお向むけに倒たおれるto fall backward onto one's back
彼かれは氷こおりで滑すべって仰あお向むけに倒たおれた。
He slipped on the ice and fell flat on his back.
仰あお向むけになるto turn face up / roll onto one's back
赤あかちゃんは寝ね返がえりをして仰あお向むけになった。
The baby rolled over and ended up on its back.

Kanji

仰face-up, look up, depend
向yonder, facing, beyond

Related words

仰ぎょう臥が
仰臥 is a formal, often medical term for lying face up, whereas 仰向け is the everyday word for the same position.

Opposites

俯うつぶせN1
仰向け describes lying face up, while うつ伏せ describes lying face down.

Don't confuse with

仰あお向むく
仰向く is a verb meaning to look or tilt upward, while 仰向け is a noun describing the face-up lying position.

Word family

仰あお向むける
turn face up; lay face up

Written forms

仰あお向むけUsage73%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
あおむけUsage16%
あお向むけUsage10%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, less common but seen.
仰あおむけUsage1%
Rare variant with む in kana.

Etymology

Compound of 仰 (あお, 'facing up') + 向け (むけ, 'direction'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.