向ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「向ける
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
向ける ける
Imperative (命令形) 向けろ けろ
Key constructions
Passive 向けられる けられる
Causative 向けさせる けさせる
Potential 向けられる けられる
Volitional 向けよう けよ
Negative 向けない けない
Negative perfective 向けなかった けなかった
Formal 向けます けま
Perfective 向けた けた
Conjunctive 向けて けて
Hypothetical conditional 向ければ けれ

Verb

()ける (mukerutransitive ichidan (stem () (muke), past ()けた (muketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 向ける
mediopassive 向く
  1. turn (something towards a direction); point (something at/to); aim (with something); channel (direct a flow); make something have a certain direction

Conjugation

References

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