Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)
1. to be opposite; to face each other
二人が向き合うのは本当に久しぶりのことだった。It had really been a long time since the two of them had faced each other.
2. to confront (an issue); to face
どんなことを言われてもしっかりと向き合う。I face whatever is said to me head-on.