向ける
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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向 |
Grade: 3 |
Verb
向ける (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana むける, rōmaji mukeru)
Japanese verb pair | |
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active | 向ける |
mediopassive | 向く |
- turn (something towards a direction); point (something at/to); aim (with something); channel (direct a flow); make something have a certain direction
Conjugation
Conjugation of "向ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 向け | むけ | muke | |
Continuative (連用形) | 向け | むけ | muke | |
Terminal (終止形) | 向ける | むける | mukeru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 向ける | むける | mukeru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 向けれ | むけれ | mukere | |
Imperative (命令形) | 向けよ¹ 向けろ² | むけよ¹ むけろ² | mukeyo¹ mukero² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 向けられる | むけられる | mukerareru | |
Causative | 向けさせる 向けさす | むけさせる むけさす | mukesaseru mukesasu | |
Potential | 向けられる 向けれる³ | むけられる むけれる³ | mukerareru mukereru³ | |
Volitional | 向けよう | むけよう | mukeyō | |
Negative | 向けない 向けぬ 向けん | むけない むけぬ むけん | mukenai mukenu muken | |
Negative continuative | 向けず | むけず | mukezu | |
Formal | 向けます | むけます | mukemasu | |
Perfective | 向けた | むけた | muketa | |
Conjunctive | 向けて | むけて | mukete | |
Hypothetical conditional | 向ければ | むければ | mukereba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Classical conjugation of "向く" (カ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 向け | むけ | muke |
Continuative (連用形) | 向け | むけ | muke |
Terminal (終止形) | 向く | むく | muku |
Attributive (連体形) | 向くる | むくる | mukuru |
Realis (已然形) | 向くれ | むくれ | mukure |
Imperative (命令形) | 向けよ | むけよ | mukeyo |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 向けず | むけず | mukezu |
Contrasting conjunction | 向くれど | むくれど | mukuredo |
Causal conjunction | 向くれば | むくれば | mukureba |
Conditional conjunction | 向けば | むけば | mukeba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 向けき | むけき | mukeki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 向けけり | むけけり | mukekeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 向けつ | むけつ | muketu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 向けぬ | むけぬ | mukenu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 向けたり | むけたり | muketari |
Related terms
- 向く