向け

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Suffix

() (-muke

  1. for (directed at, intended to belong to)
    (こう)(れい)(しゃ)()(じゅう)(たく)
    kōreisha-muke jūtaku
    a residence for elderly people
    (せい)(じん)()(まん)()
    seijin-muke manga
    adult manga

Verb

() (muke

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 向ける (mukeru)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN