Illustration: A commuter strides along a neighborhood path toward a small railway station visible ahead, where a train waits beside the platform. The path, the commuter's feet, and their forward gaze all lead toward the station entrance, still several houses away.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

向むかう

mukau

to head toward

Example sentences

電車でんしゃは駅えきに向むかっていた。
The train headed for the station.
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船ふねは西にしへ向むかっている。
The ship is sailing to the west.
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彼かれは家いえに向むかった。
He made for home.
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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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