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

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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ける

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.

男おとこは刑けい事じに銃じゅうを向むけた。

The man aimed a gun at the detective.

私わたしはカメラを彼かの女じょに向むけた。

I pointed my camera at her.

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