向かう (むかう, mukau) Japanese meaning: face | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN4›Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000向かう · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 向かう | 向かわない |
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| Polite | 向かいます | 向かいません |
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| Past polite | 向かいました | 向かいませんでした |
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| Past | 向かった | 向かわなかった |
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| Te-form | 向かって | 向かわないで |
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| Desire | 向かいたい | 向かいたくない |
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| Potential | 向かえる | 向かえない |
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| Passive | 向かわれる | 向かわれない |
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| Causative | 向かわせる | 向かわせない |
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| Causative passive | 向かわせられるalso 向かわされる | 向かわせられないalso 向かわされない |
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| Volitional | 向かおう | |
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| Polite volitional | 向かいましょう | |
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| Imperative | 向かえ | 向かうな |
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| Conditional | 向かえば | 向かわなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 向かったら | 向かわなかったら |
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He stood facing the mirror.
You need courage to face difficulties.
Usage patterns
〈場所〉に向かうto head toward a place
The train is heading toward Tokyo.
〈人〉に向かって〈動詞〉to do something facing/toward a person
He shouted loudly at me, facing my direction.
〈事〉に向かうto face or tackle a difficult matter
He kept working hard, facing his difficulties.
〈場所〉へ向かうto set off toward a place
We walked toward the station.
Expressions
机に向かうsit at a desk; be at one's desk; set to work on revision, homework, etc. 面と向かうmeet face-to-face; confront directly 快方に向かうtake a turn for the better; begin to improve; begin to recover
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N1
defy; oppose; rise against; turn on
right opposite; directly across; just in front of
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house across the street; neighbor across the street
backfire (forest fire defense)
child of the legal wife
across a river; the other side of a river
resistance; defiance; opposition
resist; oppose; defy
come toward; come facing (us)
facing each other; opposite; across from
diagonally opposite
diagonally opposite; catercorner
