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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

向むける

N3
むける mukeru
  1. to turn towards
  2. to point
ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

朝向;对准

Examples

  • 今こん度どの土ど曜よう日びの朝あさ、シカゴに向むけて出しゅっ発ぱつします。
    I'm leaving for Chicago next Saturday morning.
    这个星期六早上出发前往芝加哥。
  • 強ごう盗とうは店てん員いんに銃じゅうを向むけた。
    The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.
    强盗用枪指着店员。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b8dac563a6'); // 向ける
{
  "id": "b8dac563a6",
  "word": "向ける",
  "reading": "むける",
  "romaji": "mukeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to turn towards",
    "to point"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1277100,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "今度の土曜日の朝、シカゴに向けて出発します。",
      "furigana": "{今度|こんど}の{土曜日|どようび}の{朝|あさ}、シカゴに{向|む}けて{出発|しゅっぱつ}します。",
      "en": "I'm leaving for Chicago next Saturday morning.",
      "tatoeba_id": 172145
    },
    {
      "ja": "強盗は店員に銃を向けた。",
      "furigana": "{強盗|ごうとう}は{店員|てんいん}に{銃|じゅう}を{向|む}けた。",
      "en": "The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.",
      "tatoeba_id": 180473
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5d3f7aa8914338dda5ee4fccd293f3df0b6dae405e0f31d05fb3bb7bae97bd0c",
    "meanings": [
      "朝向",
      "对准"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "今度の土曜日の朝、シカゴに向けて出発します。",
        "zh": "这个星期六早上出发前往芝加哥。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "強盗は店員に銃を向けた。",
        "zh": "强盗用枪指着店员。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b8dac563a6",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1277100; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "c2c33e066c6fef467008ff5b59df2c06bfd0fa4523334f435c74085cb1705298"
  }
}