向く

むくmuku

turn

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, のぞく, 砕く, 長引く

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative向きますむきますmukimasu
    2. negative向きませんむきませんmukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative向きましたむきましたmukimashita
    2. negative向きませんでしたむきませんでしたmukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 向いてむいてmuite
    2. request向いてくださいむいてくださいmuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 向きましょうむきましょうmukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative向きたいむきたいmukitai
    2. negative向きたくないむきたくないmukitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative向くむくmuku
    2. negative向かないむかないmukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative向いたむいたmuita
    2. negative向かなかったむかなかったmukanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain向いているむいているmuite iru
    2. polite向いていますむいていますmuite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain向けるむけるmukeru
    2. polite向けますむけますmukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 向いたらむいたらmuitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain向かれるむかれるmukareru
    2. polite向かれますむかれますmukaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 向こうむこうmukō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order向けむけmuke
    2. ban向くなむくなmuku na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative向けばむけばmukeba
    2. negative向かなければむかなければmukanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain向かせるむかせるmukaseru
    2. polite向かせますむかせますmukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain向かせられるむかせられるmukaserareru
    2. polite向かせられますむかせられますmukaseraremasu