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むく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
2. to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to front (on)
3. to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.)
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
4. to be suited to; to be fit for
5. to go towards; to turn to (of one's interests, feelings, etc.); to be inclined (to do)
Alt. forms
向むく
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むく
Pitch accent
む
く
Conjugations...
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to look upward
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to look away; to turn away
to look around; to look towards (us)
to turn sideways
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
at one's fancy (whim)
Examples (19 in total)
Turn to the right.
Turn to the left.
Tom is not cut out to be a teacher.
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