向ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
向
Grade: 3

向ける (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana むける, rōmaji mukeru)

Japanese verb pair
active	向ける
mediopassive	向く

turn (something towards a direction); point (something at/to); aim (with something); channel (direct a flow); make something have a certain direction

Conjugation of "向ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	向け	むけ	muke
Continuative (連用形)	向け	むけ	muke
Terminal (終止形)	向ける	むける	mukeru
Attributive (連体形)	向ける	むける	mukeru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	向けれ	むけれ	mukere
Imperative (命令形)	向けよ¹ 向けろ²	むけよ¹ むけろ²	mukeyo¹ mukero²
Key constructions
Passive	向けられる	むけられる	mukerareru
Causative	向けさせる向けさす	むけさせるむけさす	mukesaseru mukesasu
Potential	向けられる向けれる³	むけられるむけれる³	mukerareru mukereru³
Volitional	向けよう	むけよう	mukeyō
Negative	向けない向けぬ向けん	むけないむけぬむけん	mukenai mukenu muken
Negative continuative	向けず	むけず	mukezu
Formal	向けます	むけます	mukemasu
Perfective	向けた	むけた	muketa
Conjunctive	向けて	むけて	mukete
Hypothetical conditional	向ければ	むければ	mukereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Classical conjugation of "向く" (カ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	向け	むけ	muke
Continuative (連用形)	向け	むけ	muke
Terminal (終止形)	向く	むく	muku
Attributive (連体形)	向くる	むくる	mukuru
Realis (已然形)	向くれ	むくれ	mukure
Imperative (命令形)	向けよ	むけよ	mukeyo
Key constructions
Negative	向けず	むけず	mukezu
Contrasting conjunction	向くれど	むくれど	mukuredo
Causal conjunction	向くれば	むくれば	mukureba
Conditional conjunction	向けば	むけば	mukeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	向けき	むけき	mukeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	向けけり	むけけり	mukekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	向けつ	むけつ	muketu
Perfect tense (natural event)	向けぬ	むけぬ	mukenu
Perfect-continuative tense	向けたり	むけたり	muketari

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