立たち向むかう

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立ち向かう · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	立たち向むかう	立たち向むかわない
Polite	立たち向むかいます	立たち向むかいません
Past polite	立たち向むかいました	立たち向むかいませんでした
Past	立たち向むかった	立たち向むかわなかった
Te-form	立たち向むかって	立たち向むかわないで
Desire	立たち向むかいたい	立たち向むかいたくない
Potential	立たち向むかえる	立たち向むかえない
Passive	立たち向むかわれる	立たち向むかわれない
Causative	立たち向むかわせる	立たち向むかわせない
Causative passive	立たち向むかわせられるalso 立たち向むかわされる	立たち向むかわせられないalso 立たち向むかわされない
Volitional	立たち向むかおう
Polite volitional	立たち向むかいましょう
Imperative	立たち向むかえ	立たち向むかうな
Conditional	立たち向むかえば	立たち向むかわなければ
Tara conditional	立たち向むかったら	立たち向むかわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

confront; face; stand up to; fight against

Implies actively facing a difficult opponent, challenge, or adversity with determination. Often used with に for the target.

彼かれは困こん難なんに立たち向むかう勇ゆう気きがある。
He has the courage to face difficulties.
選せん手しゅは強きょう敵てきに立たち向むかった。
The athlete confronted a strong opponent.
私わたしたちは自し然ぜん災さい害がいに立たち向むかわなければならない。
We must stand up to natural disasters.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に立たち向むかうto face up to (a difficulty, challenge, etc.)
彼かれは困こん難なんに立たち向むかう強つよい意い志しを持もっている。
He has a strong will to stand up to difficulties.
〈相あい手て〉に立たち向むかうto confront an opponent or adversary
小ちいさな選せん手しゅが体からだの大おおきな相あい手てに立たち向むかった。
The small player stood up to his much bigger opponent.
勇ゆう気きを持もって立たち向むかうto face something bravely, with courage
彼かの女じょは病びょう気きに勇ゆう気きを持もって立たち向むかった。
She faced her illness bravely.

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
向yonder, facing, beyond

Related words· 7

挑いどむN1
挑む emphasizes daringly taking on a challenge or opponent, while 立ち向かう stresses squarely facing and resisting adversity.
対たい抗こうN1
対抗する means to oppose or compete against someone in a rivalry, whereas 立ち向かう carries a stronger sense of confronting a threat or hardship head-on.
向むき合あうN2
向き合う simply means to face or come to terms with something (even calmly), while 立ち向かう implies actively resisting or fighting against it.
臨のぞむN1
立ち向かう stresses actively standing up to a challenge, while 臨む can describe a more formal or resigned confrontation with a situation.

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迎むかえ撃うつ
立ち向かう is a broader word for 'to confront' (a person, danger, or challenge) without the military sense of positioning to attack that 迎え撃つ carries.
直ちょく面めんN1
立ち向かう adds the sense of actively standing up to a challenge, while 直面 simply describes the state of being confronted by it.
ぶつかるN3
立ち向かう emphasizes deliberately standing up to a challenge, while ぶつかる (in this sense) suggests throwing oneself at it head-on, often more impulsively.

Opposites

逃にげるN4
逃げる means to run away or avoid a problem, the direct opposite of 立ち向かう's stance of standing up to it.
逃にげ出だすN2
立ち向かう means to face or confront a challenge head-on, the opposite of 逃げ出す, which means to run away from it.
逃にげ回まわるN2
立ち向かう means to face or confront a danger head-on, the opposite of 逃げ回る's evasive fleeing.

Don't confuse with

向むかうN4
向かう just means to head or turn toward something with no confrontational nuance, while 立ち向かう specifically means to stand up to a difficulty or opponent.
歯は向むかうN1
立ち向かう means to face or confront a challenge (including non-defiant ones like a difficulty or disaster), while 歯向かう specifically means to rebel against an authority or stronger opponent.

Built from

立たつ+向むかう

Written forms

立たち向むかうUsage88%
Standard spelling; high-frequency news term.
立たちむかうUsage4%
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立たち向むかうUsage4%
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Search-only variant; 向かう is the modern standard.
たちむかうUsage2%
立たち向むかうUsage1%
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Search-only abbreviated kanji form.
立たち向むかうUsage<1%
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Search-only abbreviated kanji form.
たち向むかうUsage<1%
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たち向むかうUsage<1%
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Etymology

Compound of 立ち (tachi, continuative form of 立つ 'to stand') + 向かう (mukau, 'to face'). Literally 'stand and face', conveying the image of taking a firm stance against something.