差さし向むける

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

send; dispatch; direct (a person or vehicle)

Used when sending a person, car, or other agent to a specific place or task. Often implies purposeful assignment.

会かい社しゃは現げん場ばに技ぎ術じゅつ者しゃを差さし向むけた。
The company dispatched an engineer to the site.

警けい察さつはすぐにパトカーを差さし向むけた。

The police immediately sent a patrol car.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

direct (attention, spotlight, etc.); turn (toward)

Used for directing abstract things like attention, gaze, or a spotlight onto a target. Often appears as 注意を差し向ける or 視線を差し向ける.

彼かれはその問もん題だいに注ちゅう意いを差さし向むけた。
He directed his attention to the problem.
司し会かい者しゃはスポットライトをゲストに差さし向むけた。
The host turned the spotlight onto the guest.

Written forms

差さし向むけるUsage68%
Standard kanji spelling.
さしむけるUsage31%
差さし向むけるUsage1%
Variant spelling without okurigana し; less common but acceptable.

Kanji

差distinction, difference, variation
向yonder, facing, beyond

Similar words

送おくる
送る is a general verb for sending things, people, or messages. 差し向ける emphasizes purposeful dispatch of an agent (person, vehicle) to a specific location or task.
向むける
向ける means to turn or point something toward a direction. 差し向ける adds a nuance of sending or directing with intent, often for a specific purpose.

Etymology

Compound of 差し (prefix adding directionality or emphasis) + 向ける (to turn/direct). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination yields the sense of purposefully directing or dispatching.