JLPT N3 grammar · Chapter 8

～向け

Designed or intended for a particular audience

You’ll be able to describe something designed or intended for a particular audience or purpose.

Read it first

これは小ちいさな子供こども向むけに作つくられた自然しぜんマップです。

kore wa chiisana kodomo muke ni tsukurareta shizen mappu desu.

What do you think this sentence means?

This is a nature map created for young children.

Why it means that

Intended for a specific audience

～向むけ means “intended for” or “aimed at.” It shows the audience or group a product, service, message, or activity is designed for.

Examples

この本ほんは大人おとな向むけです。

kono hon wa otona muke desu.

This book is meant for adults.

留学生りゅうがくせい向むけの説明会せつめいかいがあります。

ryuugakusei muke no setsumeikai ga arimasu.

There is an information session for international students.

How it is built

Attach 向むけ to a noun naming the intended audience or use. Add の before the following noun. ～向むけに is used before a verb, as in 初心者向しょしんしゃむけに説明せつめいする.

audience noun+向け+の + product or service

Example

外国人がいこくじん向むけに、やさしい日本語にほんごで案内あんないします。

gaikokujin muke ni, yasashii nihongo de annai shimasu.

For foreign visitors, we give guidance in simple Japanese.

Examples

この町まちでは、観光客かんこうきゃく向むけの無料むりょうバスが走はしっている。

kono machi de wa, kankoukyaku muke no muryou basu ga hashitte iru.

In this town, free buses for tourists are running.

その会社かいしゃは、海外かいがい向むけに新あたらしい車くるまを発売はつばいした。

sono kaisha wa, kaigai muke ni atarashii kuruma o hatsubai shita.

The company launched a new car for overseas markets.

市しは、お年寄としより向むけのスマホ教室きょうしつを開ひらいている。

shi wa, otoshiyori muke no sumaho kyoushitsu o hiraite iru.

The city runs smartphone classes for elderly people.

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