向(む)け (muke)
~向け — intended for ~, aimed at ~
Pattern
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N+向けの+NNoun + 向けの + noun -
N+向けに+VNoun + 向けに + verb
Meaning and use
As in 子ども向けの番組 and 海外向けの商品, it names the people or market that the thing targets. It looks from the maker or seller's side: who it was made for.
Difference from 向き
向け is the intention of the maker (aimed at), while 向き is a natural fit (suited to). 初心者向けの本 is a book made for beginners; 初心者向きの本 is a book that suits beginners.
Examples
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これは子(こ)ども向(む)けの番組(ばんぐみ)です。
Kore wa kodomo muke no bangumi desu.
This is a program intended for children.
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この雑誌(ざっし)は若(わか)い女性(じょせい)向(む)けに作(つく)られている。
Kono zasshi wa wakai josei muke ni tsukurarete iru.
This magazine is made for young women.
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海外(かいがい)向(む)けの商品(しょうひん)が、よく売(う)れている。
Kaigai muke no shōhin ga, yoku urete iru.
Products aimed at overseas markets are selling well.
Common mistakes
- Do not confuse 向け and 向き: intention is 向け, fitness is 向き.
- Use 向けの before a noun and 向けに before a verb.
More grammar points
- 上(あ)げる ~上げる — to finish ~ completely
- 合(あ)う ~合う — do ~ to each other; to fit, to suit
- だらけ ~だらけ — covered in ~, full of ~ (something bad)
- がち ~がち — tends to ~ (usually undesirable)
- がたい ~がたい — hard to ~
- 気味(ぎみ) ~気味 — a touch of ~
- かける ~かける — half-done, in the middle of ~
- 切(き)れない ~切れない — cannot finish, cannot fully ~
- 切(き)る ~切る — do ~ completely, to the end
- 込(こ)む ~込む — into, crowded, deeply ~
- 向(む)き ~向き — suited to ~, facing ~
- 直(なお)す ~直す — do ~ over again
- っぱなし ~っぱなし — leaving ~ as it is
- っぽい ~っぽい — ~-ish / tends to be ~
- たて ~たて — “freshly ~ed / just done”
- 的(てき) ~的 — “-like / -al” (makes an adjective)
- 通(とお)す ~通す — “do ~ all the way through”
- あまり あまりの~に — so ~ that ~
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