この家は南向きだ。 This house has a southern aspect. 向き can be translated as style or
aspect? thanks for your reply.
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この家は南向きだ。 is correct the translation of this sentence?
向き｛むき｝ is a conjugation of the verb 向く｛むく｝, which means to face or turn
toward, so your sentence is literally translated to:

> This house faces south.

You can find the various meanings of 向く
[here](http://jisho.org/search/%E5%90%91%E3%81%8F).
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"This house has a southern aspect", or "a southern exposure", are perfectly
good translations for この家は南向きだ, but this English would only be used, I'd say,
by an estate-agent/realtor or by a writer on architecture - and neither a
realtor nor an architectural critic would be likely to use だ in written
Japanese. In ordinary speech or writing "faces south" or maybe "looks south"
would be most likely. I can't think of any other uses of むき that would be
rendered as "style" or "aspect".
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