向く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
向
む
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) むく [mùkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "向く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
向く むく [mùkú]
Imperative (命令形) 向け むけ [mùké]
Key constructions
Passive 向かれる むかれる [mùkárérú]
Causative 向かせる むかせる [mùkásérú]
Potential 向ける むける [mùkérú]
Volitional 向こう むこ​ー [mùkóꜜò]
Negative 向かない むかない [mùkánáí]
Negative perfective 向かなかった むかな​かった [mùkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 向きます むきま​す [mùkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 向いた むいた [mùítá]
Conjunctive 向いて むいて [mùíté]
Hypothetical conditional 向けば むけ​ば [mùkéꜜbà]

Verb

向(む)く • (muku) godan (stem 向(む)き (muki), past 向(む)いた (muita))

Japanese verb pair
active 向ける
mediopassive 向く
  1. turn toward, point, (move to) face
    『上(うえ)を向(む)いて歩(ある)こう』
    “Ue o Muite Arukō”
    Let's Walk Looking Up
  2. face, open on
  3. be suitable for, be fit for

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 向(む)き (muki, “direction, fit”)
  • 不向(ふむ)き (fumuki, “unfit, unsuitable”)
  • 向(む)いている (muiteiru, “be toward; be suitable for, be fit for”)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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