偏る
かたよる
Also written 片寄る
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to lean (to one side); to incline
- to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be concentrated on
- to be partial; to be biased; to be prejudiced
Kanji
- 偏 biased. Read as かたよる.
Example sentences
- ハンバーガーばかり食べていると、栄養が偏るよ。
Your diet is going to be really unbalanced if all you eat is hamburgers. - ２桁のＩＱがある人間なら誰でも、この選択が政治的に偏ったものだって分かってるよ。
Anybody with at least a two-digit IQ knows this was a politically biased choice.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 片寄せる (かたよせる) to push to one side (transitive partner)