むかう – Vocabulary details

むかう

Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)

1. to face

彼かの女じょはそう言いって、娘むすめに向むかって微ほほ笑えんでみせる。Saying that, she smiles at her daughter.

2. to go towards; to head towards

食しょく事じを済すませたら町まちに向むかいますね！Once I've finished eating, I'll head towards town!

む

かう

to fight against; to oppose; to face

to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

どちらにむかいますか？

Which way are you heading?

北きたへむかったのだった。

They had headed north.

誰だれにむかって言いってる？

Who are you talking to?

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