向ける – Vocabulary details

向むける

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to turn (towards); to face; to point; to aim; to direct to

俺おれは声こえのした方ほうに顔かおを向むける。I turn my face toward the direction from which the voice came.

2. to head to; to go towards

3. to allot; to allocate

4. to send; to dispatch (e.g. a person)

5. to aim for; to pursue

direction

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to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

顔かおをこちらへ向むけなさい。

Turn your face this way.

視し線せんを向むけるまでもない。

There is no need to even look.

主しゅ力りょくを南みなみに向むける。

Turn the main force toward the south.

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