Illustration: Two neighbors stand in the open entrances of their small houses, directly facing one another across a narrow residential lane. One holds a plate of extra croquettes; the other eagerly extends an empty plate from the opposite threshold, although the lane leaves them comically out of reach.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

向むかい

mukai

opposite side, across from

Example sentences

その店みせは通とおりの向むかいにあります。
The store is across the street.
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店みせは銀行ぎんこうの向むかいにある。
The shop is across from the bank.
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ちょうど教会きょうかいの向むかいです。
It’s just across the street from the church.
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Kanji in 向

向face; tend towardOnコウKunむく・むい・むける

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