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机に向かう机にむかう [sK]
つくえにむかう
1. [exp,v5u]
▶ to sit at a desk (to study)
▶ to be at one's desk
▶ to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2023-05-23 00:59:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
机に向かって	60108
机にむかって	1921
GG5
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>to be at one's desk</gloss>
3. A* 2023-05-22 23:52:11  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 机に向かう │ 31,244 │ 98.2% │
│ 机にむかう │    560 │  1.8% │ - add, sK
├─ーーーーー─┼────────┼───────┤
│ 机に向かっ │ 69,777 │ 96.7% │
│ 机にむかっ │  2,269 │  3.1% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>机にむかう</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
2. A 2010-08-02 11:17:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13,1 +13,1 @@
-<gloss>sit at a desk (to study)</gloss>
+<gloss>to sit at a desk (to study)</gloss>
1. A* 2010-08-01 16:36:00  Paul Blay <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
机に向かう=勉強する、って意味の熟語。比喩。
「腰を下ろして机に向かう実際の行為」にはあまり使わない。
学校でも、授業や試験で「机に向かった」とは
普通は言わないと思う。
  Comments:
I had it pointed out to me that 机に向かう was being misused in one of the example sentences.

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