Word details

向かう

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 向かう.

Dictionary

Entry

向かう向うかう対うIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #220
1

to face

Examples
一日中コンピューターに向かってるから、結構電磁波浴びてる。
I sit in front of a computer screen all day, so I get pretty heavily bombarded by electro-magnetic waves.
2

to go towards; to head towards

Examples
あなたは何処へ向かっているのですか。
Where are you bound for?

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

6 strokesFrequency 182JLPT N2Grade 3

On

コウ

Kun

む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い

Nanori

こおむかむかいむこう

vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

7 strokesFrequency 34JLPT N2Grade 3

On

タイツイ

Kun

あいてこた.えるそろ.いつれあ.いなら.ぶむか.う

Nanori

つし

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