立ち向かう

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
立 向
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Grade: 1 		む
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

立(た)ち向(む)かう • (tachimukau) intransitive godan (stem 立(た)ち向(む)かい (tachimukai), past 立(た)ち向(む)かった (tachimukatta))

  1. to oppose; to face; to stand up to (someone)
    彼(かれ)は運命(うんめい)に立(た)ち向(む)かった
    kare wa unmei ni tachimukatta
    He opposed fate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "立ち向かう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 立ち向かわ たちむかわ tachimukawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 立ち向かい たちむかい tachimukai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 立ち向かう たちむかう tachimukau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 立ち向かう たちむかう tachimukau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 立ち向かえ たちむかえ tachimukae
Meireikei ("imperative") 立ち向かえ たちむかえ tachimukae
Key constructions
Passive 立ち向かわれる たちむかわれる tachimukawareru
Causative 立ち向かわせる
立ち向かわす 		たちむかわせる
たちむかわす 		tachimukawaseru
tachimukawasu
Potential 立ち向かえる たちむかえる tachimukaeru
Volitional 立ち向かおう たちむかおう tachimukaō
Negative 立ち向かわない たちむかわない tachimukawanai
Negative continuative 立ち向かわず たちむかわず tachimukawazu
Formal 立ち向かいます たちむかいます tachimukaimasu
Perfective 立ち向かった たちむかった tachimukatta
Conjunctive 立ち向かって たちむかって tachimukatte
Hypothetical conditional 立ち向かえば たちむかえば tachimukaeba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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