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バスは
きた
北
へ
む
向
かっていた。
The bus was heading north.
Conjugations and inflections
  向かっていた is the past form of the progressive form of 'u' godan verb 向かう   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
バ ス 1
noun
1. bus
2. bath
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き た 0 き た 2
Most common form: きた
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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む か う 0
Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face
2. to go towards; to head towards
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Kanji
北
ホク   きた north   
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匕
さじ spoon   
丬
left side   じょう    しょう    
向
コウ   むかう to confront   むく to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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