向きになる

むきになる

to become serious

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Example sentences

何でもかんでもむきになってあくせくするのをやめれば、きっと人々は今の２倍も長生きするだろう。

I'm sure people would live twice as long if they stopped getting themselves worked up over everything.

彼女は背が低すぎて塀の向こうがみえなかった。

She was too short to see over the fence.

アンタ本当に器用ねっ。主夫とか向いてるんじゃない？

You're really handy, aren't you? Don't you think you'd make a good house-husband?