"向ける" meaning in Japanese

See 向ける in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|むける|tr=trans|type=2}} 向(む)ける • (mukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 向(む)け (muke), past 向(む)けた (muketa)) Forms: 向ける [canonical] (ruby: ()), mukeru [romanization], 向け [stem] (ruby: ()), 向けた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 向け [error-unrecognized-form], むけ [error-unrecognized-form], muke [error-unrecognized-form], 向ける [error-unrecognized-form], むける [error-unrecognized-form], mukeru [error-unrecognized-form], 向けれ [error-unrecognized-form], むけれ [error-unrecognized-form], mukere [error-unrecognized-form], 向けよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 向けろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], むけよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], むけろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], mukeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], mukero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 向けられる [passive], むけられる [passive], mukerareru [passive], 向けさせる [causative], 向けさす [causative], むけさせる [causative], むけさす [causative], mukesaseru [causative], mukesasu [causative], 向けられる [potential], 向けれる [colloquial, potential], むけられる [potential], むけれる [colloquial, potential], mukerareru [potential], mukereru [colloquial, potential], 向けよう [volitional], むけよう [volitional], mukeyō [volitional], 向けない [negative], 向けぬ [negative], 向けん [negative], むけない [negative], むけぬ [negative], むけん [negative], mukenai [negative], mukenu [negative], muken [negative], 向けず [continuative, negative], むけず [continuative, negative], mukezu [continuative, negative], 向けます [formal], むけます [formal], mukemasu [formal], 向けた [perfective], むけた [perfective], muketa [perfective], 向けて [conjunctive], むけて [conjunctive], mukete [conjunctive], 向ければ [conditional, hypothetical], むければ [conditional, hypothetical], mukereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. turn (something towards a direction); point (something at/to); aim (with something); channel (direct a flow); make something have a certain direction Related terms: 向く

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "向ける",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向け",
      "roman": "muke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けた",
      "roman": "muketa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向ける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muketa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向ければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むける",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "向(む)ける • (mukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 向(む)け (muke), past 向(む)けた (muketa))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "turn (something towards a direction); point (something at/to); aim (with something); channel (direct a flow); make something have a certain direction"
      ],
      "id": "en-向ける-ja-verb-t5RRL5bD",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "向く"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むける"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "向ける"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "向ける",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向け",
      "roman": "muke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けた",
      "roman": "muketa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向ける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muketa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向けて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むけて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "向ければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むける",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "向(む)ける • (mukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 向(む)け (muke), past 向(む)けた (muketa))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "向く"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
        "Japanese transitive verbs",
        "Japanese type 2 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "turn (something towards a direction); point (something at/to); aim (with something); channel (direct a flow); make something have a certain direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むける"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "向ける"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "向ける"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "向ける",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "向ける"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "向ける",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "向ける"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "向ける",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "向ける"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "向ける",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "向ける"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "向ける",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "向ける"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "向ける",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "向ける"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "向ける",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.