向こう

Meanings

1. opposite side; other side
2. over there; ahead; beyond; (in the) distance; far away; far off
3. destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
4. the other party; the other side
5. from now; next (e.g. two weeks); coming ...; from ... onwards

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 向

  Meanings

  yonder, facing, beyond, confront

  On reading

  コウ

  Kun reading

  む.く、む.い、-む.き、む.ける、-む.け、む.かう

  Strokes

  6

Example sentences

• 彼女は背が低すぎて塀の向こうがみえなかった。

  She was too short to see over the fence.

  Tatoeba #87561 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• その男の子は向こうにいます。

  The boy is over there.

  Tatoeba #208147 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 向こうの思う壷だぞ。

  You will play into their hands.

  Tatoeba #173840 · CC BY 2.0 FR