向く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
向
む
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
適く

Pronunciation

  • 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 むく
Imperative (命令形) 向け むけ
Key constructions
Passive 向かれる むかれる
Causative 向かせる むかせる
Potential 向ける むける
Volitional 向こう むこー
Negative 向かない むかない
Negative perfective 向かなかった むかなかった
Formal 向きます むきます
Perfective 向いた むいた
Conjunctive 向いて むいて
Hypothetical conditional 向けば むけば

Verb

向(む)く • (muku) godan (stem 向(む)き (muki), past 向(む)いた (muita))

Japanese verb pair
active 向ける
mediopassive 向く
  1. turn toward, point, (move to) face
    『上(うえ)を向(む)いて歩(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

Conjugation of "向く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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
Classical conjugation of "向く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
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

References

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