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向く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
適く

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「向く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
向く [mùkú]
Imperative (命令形) 向け [mùké]
Key constructions
Passive 向かれる かれる [mùkárérú]
Causative 向かせる かせる [mùkásérú]
Potential 向ける ける [mùkérú]
Volitional 向こう [mùkóꜜò]
Negative 向かない かない [mùkánáí]
Negative perfective 向かなかった かなかった [mùkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 向きます きま [mùkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 向いた いた [mùítá]
Conjunctive 向いて いて [mùíté]
Hypothetical conditional 向けば [mùkéꜜbà]

Verb

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() (mukugodan (stem () (muki), past ()いた (muita))

Japanese verb pair
active 向ける
mediopassive 向く
  1. turn toward, point, (move to) face
    (うえ)()いて(ある)こう
    “Ue o Muite Arukō”
    Let's Walk Looking Up
  2. face, open on
  3. be suitable for, be fit for

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN