むきあう – Vocabulary details

むきあう

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)

1. to be opposite; to face each other

二ふた人りが向むき合あうのは本ほん当とうに久ひさしぶりのことだった。It had really been a long time since the two of them had faced each other.

2. to confront (an issue); to face

どんなことを言いわれてもしっかりと向むき合あう。I face whatever is said to me head-on.

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

む

きあ

う

Conjugations...Used in: 60

Composed of

むき

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

あう

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

しんじつとむきあう

to face the truth

Examples (10 in total)

自みずからとむきあい続つづける。

To continue facing oneself.

女おんなの子こはお互たがいにむきあっている。

The girls are facing each other.

初はじめて自じ分ぶんとむきあうことができた。

For the first time, I was able to face myself.

彼かれの家いえは私わたしの家いえとむきあっている。

His house confronts mine.

むきあって座すわり、微ほほ笑えみあう。

They sit facing each other and smile at one another.

階かい段だんを下おりて、彼かの女じょとむきあう。

I go down the stairs and face her.

どんなことを言いわれてもしっかりとむきあう。

I face whatever is said to me head-on.

二ふた人りがむきあうのは本ほん当とうに久ひさしぶりのことだった。

It had really been a long time since the two of them had faced each other.

こちらが真しん摯しにむきあえば必かならず真しん剣けんに応こたえてくれる。

If we face them sincerely, they will surely respond earnestly.

二に軒けんの白しろい家いえが道みちをはさんでむきあって立たっている。