Katayoru

JLPT N2

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偏る (Katayoru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to lean (to one side), to incline, to be unbalanced (e.g. diet), to be unduly weighted towards”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto lean (to one side); to incline
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be concentrated on
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto be partial; to be biased; to be prejudiced

Examples

  • Your diet is going to be really unbalanced if all you eat is hamburgers.

  • Anybody with at least a two-digit IQ knows this was a politically biased choice.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 偏る

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