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    3. 見向く

    見向く

    見み向むく​

    to look around

    KMT8News #25+1Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab14 strokes

    みむく

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to look around, to look towards (us)

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょは私わたしの方ほうを見み向むいた。

    She looked towards me.

    KMT5Daily Life
    騒さわがしい音おとに、みんなが一いっ斉せいに見み向むいた。

    Everyone simultaneously looked towards the noisy sound.

    KMT8Daily Life
    子こ供どもが母はは親おやの呼よびかけに見み向むかず、遊あそび続つづけていた。

    The child didn't look towards his mother's call and kept playing.

    KMT8Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    彼かれの冷つめたい視し線せんに、誰だれも見み向むくことができなかった。

    No one could look in his direction because of his cold gaze.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれはどんなに話はなしかけても、全まったくこちらを見み向むこうとしなかった。

    No matter how much I spoke to him, he wouldn't even look in my direction.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    向
    む.く・む.い・-む.き・む.ける・-む.け・む.かう…(12)
    yonder・facing・beyond・confront・defy…(2)
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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