Nowadays young men are apt to make light of learning.
今日の青年は学問を軽視する傾向がある。
The management tended to be too concerned about short-term improvement of the bottom line to have any long-term design for the future.
経営陣は収益の短期的改善に気を取られすぎて、長期的な将来計画に気が回らない傾向があった。
It seems that we're becoming more right-wing all over the world.
世界中で右傾化しているようだ。
The women in our country are different from the women from other countries. Many think that it's acceptable for women to have children and devote themselves to them entirely; and, towards their husband, to simply uphold their duty and protect their chasti
Americans, on the other hand, are more likely to take chances in the hope of achieving great success.
一方、アメリカ人は、大きな成功を夢見て危険を冒す傾向が強い。
One tends to shout when excited.
人は興奮すると大声を出す傾向がある。
I did speak, but no one listened to me.
私はたしかに話したのだが、誰も私の話に耳を傾けなかった。
He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
彼は何でも大げさに言う傾向がある。
I listened but couldn't make out what they were saying.
耳を傾けたけれども、彼らが行なっている事が理解できなかった。
Nobody listened to me.
誰も私の言うことに耳を傾けなかった。
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years; block by
We thought it wrong not to listen to our opponents.
相手の意見に耳を傾けないのは不当であると私達は考えた。
She follows all the latest trends in fashion.
彼女ははやりの最新の傾向すべてを追いかけている。
Aya tends to carry things to extremes.
あやは物事を極端にまで押し進める傾向がある。
The young men of Japan are apt to jump on the bandwagon.
日本の若者は流行に乗る傾向があります。
This means that houses are starting to sink, roads are breaking up and lamp-posts are leaning at crazy angles.
このことは家が沈み始め、道路が裂けて街灯が途方もない角度に傾きつつあることを意味する。
He is apt to ridicule others.
彼は他人をばかにする傾向がある。
He tends to place more stress on society in general than on individual.
彼は個人より社会全体に力点を置く傾向がある。
Spirits are to be found all over the world. This school was built upon the site of a shrine and thus there is a particular tendency for them to gather.
She has a tendency to look on the dark side of things.
彼女は物事を悲観的に見る傾向がある。
In junior high and high schools, they say insidious forms of bullying are on the rise.
中学・高校では陰湿ないじめが増える傾向にあるという。
He tends to take sides with the weaker party.
彼は弱いグループに味方する傾向がある。
The inactive child is far more inclined to live in a world of fantasy.
不活発な子供は空想の世界に閉じこもる傾向がずっと高い。
Another tendency of many Japanese that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".