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向ける is an exact match with one form of the following word:
向ける
BOOST
Reading : むける   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to turn towards; to point
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向ける is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 49,000 (about 9,490,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2779 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1798
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ふね
あした
明日
マニラ
けて
しゅっぱつ
出発
する

The ship is about to sail for Manila tomorrow.
がいこくじん
外国人
なぜ
しょうぼうし
消防士
なれない
こうてき
公的
こくせき
国籍
さべつ
差別
てっぱい
撤廃
けて
title of book, album etc.
Why Can Foreigners Not Become Firefighters? Toward Abolishing Discrimination Regarding Public Citizenship
かれ
つくえ
うえ
ふる
かびん
花瓶
しせん
視線
けた

He cast an eye on an old vase on the table.
むける
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 123,000 (about 989,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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