けいこう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. tendency; trend; inclination
Pitch accent
いこう
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
upward tendency; rising trend
ionization tendency; ionisation tendency
inflationary tendency
Examples (34 in total)
What kind of book are you reading?
He has a tendency to be pessimistic.
He is inclined to be lazy.
There's a trend these days towards small families.
She tends to be late for school.
He tends to talk too much.
Japanese people tend to think that way.
He tends to be late for meetings.
The world's population tends to increase.
She tends to speak rapidly.
Women tend to live longer than men.
People tend to raise their voices when they get excited.
That tendency is strong among Americans.
Children have a tendency to become rebellious.
He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
I'm worried about the global warming trend.
Young people tend to think so.
People tend to require strong stimuli.
Young people are apt to waste time.
The old man tends to exaggerate.
She tends to underestimate her own ability.
Global warming will change the patterns of the weather world-wide.
Political activity tends to be discouraged in most work places.
We tend to use English when we see a foreigner.
He tends to get angry if you ask a lot of questions.
Philosophers tend to have little contact with the outside world.
In those days I tended to think of myself as a nice looking guy.
In Japan, relations between neighbors are apt to be cooler than in USA.
Japanese people tend to rely on established authority.
Aya tends to carry things to extremes.
We tend to use more and more electric appliances in the home.
Children were apt to invent their own games.
The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.
This has been the trend for the past twenty years.