へ
e
へ never arrives. It only faces.
The picture Turning your body toward something. Nobody asks whether you got there — only which way you face.
Where the picture shows up in へ
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the way you are heading
空港へ向かっています。
kūkō e mukatte imasu
We're on our way to the airport.
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the way you are shown
こちらへどうぞ。
kochira e dōzo
This way, please.
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the way home
来月国へ帰ります。
raigetsu kuni e kaerimasu
I'm going back to my country next month.
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the way your heart turns
お母さんへ手紙を書きました。
okāsan e tegami o kakimashita
I wrote a letter to my mother.
On an envelope, へ is more usual than に — it reads as the letter travelling toward that person.
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the way your body moves
一歩前へ出てください。
ippo mae e dete kudasai
Please step forward one step.