向ける
N3むける mukeru
- to turn towards
- to point
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
朝向;对准
Examples
- 今度の土曜日の朝、シカゴに向けて出発します。I'm leaving for Chicago next Saturday morning.这个星期六早上出发前往芝加哥。
- 強盗は店員に銃を向けた。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"
}
}