Godan verb (く)

向くむく

muku

to turn toward · N3

Also read むく: 剥く (peel). All 2 words

向く (むく, muku) — to turn toward — is a godan verb ending in く: 向いて (te-form), 向いた (past), 向かない (negative), 向きます (polite).

It also means to look.

How 向く conjugates · godan く-verb

Only the last kana changes: く becomes か, き, け or こ.

Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.

か向かないnegative

き向きますpolite present

く向くdictionary form

け向けるpotential向けばif

こ向こうvolitional

The て and た forms · く → いて, いたい向いてte-form向いたpast

The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every く- and ぐ-verb changes the same way there; only 行く is different.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	向くむく muku
past N5 I turned that way.	向いたむいた muita
negative N5 I don't look that way.	向かないむかない mukanai
te-form N5 I turn that way and …	向いてむいて muite
past negative N4 I didn't look that way.	向かなかったむかなかった mukanakatta
volitional N4	向こうむこう mukou
potential N3	向けるむける mukeru
cond. ば N3 If I turn that way, ...	向けばむけば mukeba
cond. たら N3 When I turn that way, ...	向いたらむいたら muitara
passive N2 Someone turns toward me.	向かれるむかれる mukareru
causative N2 I make someone look that way.	向かせるむかせる mukaseru
imperative N1 Look this way!	向けむけ muke

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	向きますむきます mukimasu
past N5 I turned that way.	向きましたむきました mukimashita
negative N5 I don't look that way.	向きませんむきません mukimasen
past negative N4 I didn't look that way.	向きませんでしたむきませんでした mukimasendeshita
volitional N4	向きましょうむきましょう mukimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm facing that way.	向いているむいている muiteiru
ていた N4 I was facing that way.	向いていたむいていた muiteita
ています N4 I'm facing that way.	向いていますむいています muiteimasu
ていました N4 I was facing that way.	向いていましたむいていました muiteimashita