向く
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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向 |
む Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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適く |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「向く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
向く | むく | [mùkú] |
Imperative (命令形) | 向け | むけ | [mùké] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 向かれる | むかれる | [mùkárérú] |
Causative | 向かせる | むかせる | [mùkásérú] |
Potential | 向ける | むける | [mùkérú] |
Volitional | 向こう | むこー | [mùkóꜜò] |
Negative | 向かない | むかない | [mùkánáí] |
Negative perfective | 向かなかった | むかなかった | [mùkánáꜜkàttà] |
Formal | 向きます | むきます | [mùkímáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 向いた | むいた | [mùítá] |
Conjunctive | 向いて | むいて | [mùíté] |
Hypothetical conditional | 向けば | むけば | [mùkéꜜbà] |
Verb
[edit]向く • (muku) godan (stem 向き (muki), past 向いた (muita))
Japanese verb pair | |
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active | 向ける |
mediopassive | 向く |
- turn toward, point, (move to) face
- 『上を向いて歩こう』
- “Ue o Muite Arukō”
- Let's Walk Looking Up
- 『上を向いて歩こう』
- face, open on
- be suitable for, be fit for
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "向く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 向か | むか | muka |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 向き | むき | muki |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 向く | むく | muku |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 向く | むく | muku |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 向け | むけ | muke |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 向け | むけ | muke |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 向かれる | むかれる | mukareru |
Causative | 向かせる 向かす |
むかせる むかす |
mukaseru mukasu |
Potential | 向ける | むける | mukeru |
Volitional | 向こう | むこう | mukō |
Negative | 向かない | むかない | mukanai |
Negative continuative | 向かず | むかず | mukazu |
Formal | 向きます | むきます | mukimasu |
Perfective | 向いた | むいた | muita |
Conjunctive | 向いて | むいて | muite |
Hypothetical conditional | 向けば | むけば | mukeba |
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 向か | むか | muka |
Continuative (連用形) | 向き | むき | muki |
Terminal (終止形) | 向く | むく | muku |
Attributive (連体形) | 向く | むく | muku |
Realis (已然形) | 向け | むけ | muke |
Imperative (命令形) | 向け | むけ | muke |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 向かず | むかず | mukazu |
Contrasting conjunction | 向けど | むけど | mukedo |
Causal conjunction | 向けば | むけば | mukeba |
Conditional conjunction | 向かば | むかば | mukaba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 向きき | むきき | mukiki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 向きけり | むきけり | mukikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 向きつ | むきつ | mukitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 向きぬ | むきぬ | mukinu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 向けり 向きたり |
むけり むきたり |
mukeri mukitari |
Volitional | 向かむ | むかむ | mukamu |
Derived terms
[edit]- 向き (muki, “direction, fit”)
- 不向き (fumuki, “unfit, unsuitable”)
- 向いている (muiteiru, “be toward; be suitable for, be fit for”)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 向 read as む
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese godan verbs
- Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 1 kanji
- Japanese terms with usage examples