向こう

• 読み: むこう
• ローマ字: mukou
• 漢字の分解: 向 (mu/kou) — direction, to face toward
• 発音: /mɯ.koː/

意味

The opposite side; the other side; over there. Refers to a place beyond or across from the speaker.

A noun indicating something on the far side or opposite side from the speaker. Commonly used when referring to the other side of a road, river, building, or any boundary. Also used figuratively to mean a distant or foreign place.

例文

1. 橋の向こうに公園があります。
2. 道の向こうにスーパーが見えます。
3. 向こうから友達が歩いてきました。

使い方ガイド

場面: directions, navigation, spatial reference

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Derived from the verb 向く (muku, to face/turn toward). The kanji 向 represents facing a direction, and こう adds the sense of that distant direction or destination.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal