向かう

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
向う
対う

Etymology

Shift from ()() (mukiau).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "向かう"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
向かう かう
Imperative (命令形) 向かえ かえ
Key constructions
Passive 向かわれる かわれる
Causative 向かわせる かわせる
Potential 向かえる かえる
Volitional 向かおう かお
Negative 向かわない かわない
Negative perfective 向かわなかった かわなかった
Formal 向かいます かいま
Perfective 向かった かった
Conjunctive 向かって かって
Hypothetical conditional 向かえば かえ

Verb

()かう (mukauむかふ (mukafu)?intransitive godan (stem ()かい (mukai), past ()かった (mukatta))

  1. to face
  2. to go towards

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN