Kanji向
Readingこう
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Used in (217 in total)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
tendency; trend; inclination
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
direction of travel; direction of movement
the opposite direction; the other way
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
directivity; directionality; intentionality
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
sense of orientation; sense of direction
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
hereafter
to point to a direction
being orientated (towards); pointing (towards); directional (e.g. microphone); -oriented
introverted; withdrawn
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit
two-way; bidirectional; interactive
going from the capital to the provinces; returning after praying at a temple or shrine; coming down from a high place to a low place
inclination; tendency; nature; character
car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car; oncoming traffic
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection
Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
for a change; for variety's sake
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
departure for a specified destination
counter-; corresponding; face; opposite
love of learning; desire to learn; passion for knowledge
one's attitude (toward); one's position; support or opposition; state of affairs; situation; developments
anthelion (optical phenomenon)
introversion
wind direction
stability orientation
directing; orienting; orientating; guiding; aligning
two directions; both directions; two-way; bidirectional
upward tendency; rising trend
two-way communication; bidirectional communication
extroverted; outgoing
proceeding to
to direct; to guide; to orient; to orientate; to align
Ikkō sect (of Buddhism); Jōdo Shinshū; True Pure Land School
desire for learning; love of learning
convert (e.g. to a cause)
biased coverage; biased media account; bias in reporting
bidirectionality; interactivity
direction indicator; traffic indicator; turn signal
directional button (on a controller); d-pad button
extroversion
brand loyalty; brand-orientation; brand consciousness; infatuation with big-name brands
biased; prejudiced; tendentious
improvement in efficiency
orientation
pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple
longer direction; longitudinal direction
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person
ionization tendency; ionisation tendency
omni-directional (microphone, etc.); nondirectional
directed graph; digraph
approach of winter; approaching the coldest time of the year
tendency; trend; current
line writing direction
direction finding; direction detection
strike; direction
grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing
inflationary trend; inflationary tendency
heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism
market trend; stock movements
directed; oriented
pro-American
attempting to reach enlightenment only through merit one has accumulated by oneself
longitudinal direction
undirected graph; non-directed graph
export orientation; export mentality
character writing direction
In-Out Board (in office)
destination sign (e.g. on a train); destination indicator; rollsign
perpendicular direction; lengthwise direction
the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism
volitional form (of a Japanese verb)
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
path-oriented; connection-oriented
aspect-oriented design
closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb
respecting the intentions or wishes of someone
forward voltage drop (e.g. in a semiconductor)
interactive program; interactive programme
simplex; unidirectional
sounding out the intentions or wishes of someone
closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
forward voltage (e.g. of a semiconductor)
data trend; data tendency
deflationary trend
approach of the hot season; approaching the hottest time of the year
adaxial; ventral
ideological literature (esp. left-wing)
current flowing from the open sea towards land
conjugation denoting volition (in Japanese)
propensity to save; savings-to-income ratio
calligraphic display device; directed beam display device
trend to move away from rural areas; rural depopulation
price consciousness
selective abstract; slanted abstract