向かい合う

むかいあう【向かい合う】

face each other

*confront

|他|《正式》〖D〗 〖S〗(物・人が)(人・物)と向かい合う《◆人について用いる場合は通例敵対関係を含む》.

▲shops in opposition to ［《略式》facing］ each other 互いに向かい合う店.

¶ → 向かい合って

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むかいあう【向かい合う】

be opposite 《to…》; face each other; confront.

●向かい合って opposite; face to face; vis-à-vis; toe to toe

・郵便局と警察とは向かい合っている. The post office and the police station stand opposite to each other.

・彼と向かい合ってすわる sit face to face [vis-à-vis, tête-à-tête] with him

・二人はテーブルに向かい合ってすわっていた. They sat facing each other with a table between them.

・彼女は夫と向かい合ってテーブルについた. She sat down at the table across from her husband.

・一日中パソコンと向かい合う sit in front of the computer all day

・夫と妻がしっかり向かい合う生活 husband and wife living with open communication

・点 A, C は平行四辺形 ABCD の向かい合う頂点である. 【数】 The points A and C are opposite vertices of a parallelogram ABCD.