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Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in backwards, towards, etc.

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-wards

Source Word

-wards

IPA(Pronunciation)

/wədz/

Suffix

morpheme

Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

Japanese Meaning

方向や向きを表す（～の方向、～に向かう、～の方へ） / 対象や傾向を示す（～に対して、～の傾向がある）

When forming directions, adding the suffix -wards to a base word produces adverbs that indicate movement toward something.

方向を表す場合、語幹に「〜へ向かう」を意味する接尾辞を付けると、何かに向かう動きを示す副詞が作られます。

Sense（1）

Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

(Katisha:) At once I go Mikado-wards!