手向かう

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of + 向かう, literally "to face (someone) with hand"

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) むか [tèmúkáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

()()かう (temukau) intransitive godan (stem ()()かい (temukai), past ()()かった (temukatta))

  1. (idiomatic) to resist
    強力(きょうりょく)相手(あいて)手向(てむ)かうことができる
    kyōryoku na aite ni temukau koto ga dekiru
    to be able to resist a strong opponent
    Synonyms: 反抗する, 歯向かう, 逆らう

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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