〜に向(む)かって

How to form it

• Put に向(む)かって after a noun.
• Movement: 海(うみ)に向(む)かって走(はし)った (I ran toward the sea).
• Facing someone: 親(おや)に向(む)かってそんなことを言(い)うな (don't say that to your parents).
• A goal: 夢(ゆめ)に向(む)かって努力(どりょく)する (work toward a dream).

Examples

Notes

• It comes from the verb 向(む)かう (head for, face).

Similar meaning

• へdirection

  へ: the direction someone travels in.

• 〜に対(たい)してtoward / whereas

  "Toward" for an attitude or reaction.