向き合う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 向 | 合 |
| む Grade: 3 |
あ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 向き (muki, continuative of 向く (muku, “to face”)) + 合う (au, “to come together; to each other”).
Pronunciation
Verb
向き合う • (mukiau) ←むきあふ (mukiafu)?intransitive godan (stem 向き合い (mukiai), past 向き合った (mukiatta))
- to face each other
- Synonym: 向かい合う
- 向き合って一礼する ― mukiatte ichirei suru ― to bow facing each other
- (figurative) to face, to confront (e.g. a situation, a fact)
- Synonym: 直視する
- 現実に向き合う ― genjitsu ni mukiau ― to face reality
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 向き合わ | むきあわ | mukiawa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 向き合い | むきあい | mukiai |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 向き合う | むきあう | mukiau |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 向き合う | むきあう | mukiau |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 向き合え | むきあえ | mukiae |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 向き合え | むきあえ | mukiae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 向き合われる | むきあわれる | mukiawareru |
| Causative | 向き合わせる 向き合わす |
むきあわせる むきあわす |
mukiawaseru mukiawasu |
| Potential | 向き合える | むきあえる | mukiaeru |
| Volitional | 向き合おう | むきあおう | mukiaō |
| Negative | 向き合わない | むきあわない | mukiawanai |
| Negative continuative | 向き合わず | むきあわず | mukiawazu |
| Formal | 向き合います | むきあいます | mukiaimasu |
| Perfective | 向き合った | むきあった | mukiatta |
| Conjunctive | 向き合って | むきあって | mukiatte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 向き合えば | むきあえば | mukiaeba |
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 向き合は | むきあは | mukiafa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 向き合ひ | むきあひ | mukiafi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 向き合ふ | むきあふ | mukiafu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 向き合ふ | むきあふ | mukiafu |
| Realis (已然形) | 向き合へ | むきあへ | mukiafe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 向き合へ | むきあへ | mukiafe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 向き合はず | むきあはず | mukiafazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 向き合へど | むきあへど | mukiafedo |
| Causal conjunction | 向き合へば | むきあへば | mukiafeba |
| Conditional conjunction | 向き合はば | むきあはば | mukiafaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 向き合ひき | むきあひき | mukiafiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 向き合ひけり | むきあひけり | mukiafikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 向き合ひつ | むきあひつ | mukiafitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 向き合ひぬ | むきあひぬ | mukiafinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 向き合へり 向き合ひたり |
むきあへり むきあひたり |
mukiaferi mukiafitari |
| Volitional | 向き合はむ | むきあはむ | mukiafamu |