Illustration: Kneeling on the floor of a Japanese apartment, a child grips a flashlight and deliberately turns its head toward the gap beneath a low sofa. The beam lands on a cat crouched beside a missing house slipper, exposing both round eyes and the slipper's protruding heel.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

向むける

mukeru

to point, to turn toward

Example sentences

強盗ごうとうは店員てんいんに銃じゅうを向むけた。
The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.
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彼かれはカメラを私わたしに向むけた。
He trained his camera on me.
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銃じゅうを私わたしに向むけるな。
Don’t point your gun at me.
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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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