Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
向い合う

Etymology edit

Compound of ()かい (mukai, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()かう (mukau).) + () (au, combine).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()かい() (mukaiauむかひあふ (mukafiafu)?intransitive godan (stem ()かい() (mukaiai), past ()かい()った (mukaiatta))

  1. to be opposite; to face one another; to confront
    ゴールは(まち)のはずれに()かい()ように()かれていたのです。
    Gōru wa machi no hazure ni mukaiau yō ni okareteita no desu.
    The goals were placed at the opposite ends of the town.
    二人(ふたり)(おとこ)()かい()った
    Futari no otoko ga mukaiatta.
    The two men faced each other.
    その警察官(けいさつかん)(おこ)っている群集(ぐんしゅう)()かい()った
    Sono keisatsukan wa okotteiru gunshū to mukaiatta.
    That policeman was confronted by the angry mob.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN