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出向く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	出で向むく	出で向むかない
Polite	出で向むきます	出で向むきません
Past polite	出で向むきました	出で向むきませんでした
Past	出で向むいた	出で向むかなかった
Te-form	出で向むいて	出で向むかないで
Desire	出で向むきたい	出で向むきたくない
Potential	出で向むける	出で向むけない
Passive	出で向むかれる	出で向むかれない
Causative	出で向むかせる	出で向むかせない
Causative passive	出で向むかせられるalso 出で向むかされる	出で向むかせられないalso 出で向むかされない
Volitional	出で向むこう
Polite volitional	出で向むきましょう
Imperative	出で向むけ	出で向むくな
Conditional	出で向むけば	出で向むかなければ
Tara conditional	出で向むいたら	出で向むかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

go to; proceed to; leave for

Often used when going somewhere for a specific purpose, especially in formal or business contexts. Implies a deliberate movement toward a destination.

彼かれは会かい議ぎのために東とう京きょうへ出で向むいた。
He went to Tokyo for the meeting.
社しゃ長ちょうが自みずから現げん場ばに出で向むくと言いった。
The president said he would go to the site himself.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に出で向むくto go to a place (for some purpose)
打うち合あわせのために取とり引ひき先さきの会かい社しゃに出で向むいた。
I went to the client's company for a meeting.
〈人ひと〉のもとへ出で向むくto go to see someone (in person)
上じょう司しの指し示じで、彼かれはお客きゃく様さまのもとへ出で向むいた。
On his boss's instructions, he went to see the customer in person.
自みずから出で向むくto go there oneself/in person
社しゃ長ちょう自みずからお客きゃく様さまのところへ出で向むいた。
The president himself went to visit the customer.
わざわざ出で向むくto go to the trouble of going somewhere
わざわざ現げん地ちまで出で向むく必ひつ要ようはない。
There's no need to go all the way out to the site.

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
向yonder, facing, beyond

Related words

行いくN5
行く is the neutral, all-purpose word for 'go', while 出向く specifically implies traveling somewhere for a formal or business purpose.
赴おもむくN1
赴く is more literary and formal, typically used for heading to a distant or significant place, whereas 出向く is common in everyday business contexts.
訪おとずれるN2
訪れる focuses on the act of visiting a place or person, while 出向く emphasizes the deliberate movement to a destination for a task.
足あしを運はこぶN2
出向く means to go out to a place (often for business or an errand), close in nuance to 足を運ぶ but without the idiomatic 'body part' imagery.

Politeness

伺うかがうhumble 謙譲語N4
伺う is the humble form used when speaking of going to a superior's or client's place, while 出向く is a neutral verb for the same action.

Don't confuse with

出で掛かけるN5
出かける just means to go out or leave the house casually, while 出向く specifically implies going somewhere deliberately for a purpose.
出で直なおすN1
出向く means simply to head out to a place for some purpose, while 出直す specifically means to leave and come back later, often after an unsuccessful attempt.
出しゅっ向こう
出向く is a common verb meaning to go in person to a place, sharing the same two kanji as 出向 but used in everyday travel contexts rather than business secondment.

Built from

出で+向むく

Written forms

出で向むくUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in news and formal contexts.
でむくUsage1%
Kana spelling is acceptable in casual writing, though the kanji form is more common.

Etymology

Compound of 出 (で, 'out') and 向く (むく, 'to face, head toward'). The combination yields the sense of heading out toward a destination.