Where does “向かい合わせる” come from?

向かい合わせる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 合わせる — put together; tune music, radio; add up to,...

向かい合わせる (Japanese): to make something/someone face, oppose, confront (with)

Definitions

  1. to make something/someone face, oppose, confront (with)

Ancestry of “向かい合わせる”, step by step

向かい合わせる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 合わせる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese合わせるput together; tune music, radio; add up to,...

via Japanese 向かい

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese向かいopposite side, across the street
Every word from Japanese 合わせる
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