赴

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Kunyomi

おもむ.く

Onyomi

フ

Strokes

JLPT

Frequency

#1649/2500

Composition

走卜

Meaning

to go; to proceed; to head for
E. to report; to notify (especially of a death)
E.

Tip

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Examples of classification by reading method

Kunyomi

おもむ.く

快方に赴く	かいほうにおもむく	To improve
赴く	おもむくおもぶく	To go in the direction of

Onyomi

フ

赴任	ふにん	Moving to a different location to start a new job
赴援	ふえん	Going to save
赴任地	ふにんち	Place of (new) post
単身赴任	たんしんふにん	Job transfer away from one's home
単身赴任者	たんしんふにんしゃ	Employee posted away from their family

Example

戦場せんじょう

に

赴おもむ

く

カメラマン

が

不発弾ふはつだん

の

危険性きけんせい

を

知し

らないのは

不思議ふしぎ

だ

、

新聞社しんぶんしゃ

は

教育きょういく

を

怠おこた

ってる

。

It is strange that a cameraman heading for a war-zone should not know aboutthe danger of unexploded shells. The newspaper company is being negligent inits training.

しばしば

、

彼女かのじょ

は

自みずか

ら

赴おもむ

かねばならなかった

。

More often than not, she had to go in person.