振り向ける

ふりむける

Also written 振向ける

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to turn (around)
2. to appropriate; to set aside; to allocate; to assign (for another purpose or use)

Kanji

• 振 swing. Read as ふる.
• 向 toward. Read as むける.

Example sentences

• 企業は規模を縮小し、研究開発にふりむける利益分も減らしています。
  Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D.
• 彼は顔を振り向けさえしなかった。
  He didn't so much as turn his head.

Common phrases

• 資金を振り向ける

Related forms

• 振り向く (ふりむく) to turn one's face (intransitive partner)

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