TAKOBOTO

tend to
he tends to be late

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わたしのボスは、たんきでいかりがち。（いかりっぽい

My boss is short-tempered and tends to get angry easily .

たんとうしゃのすききらいによるごかいもばあいによってはおこりがち。

Depending on the likes and dislikes of the person in charge it is also easy for mis-understandings to occur.

くもりがち

mainly cloudy

えんりょがち

tends to be reserved

おかねもちはびんぼうにんをみくだしがちである。

The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.

がくせいたちはおなじまちがいをおかしがちだ。

The students are apt to make the same mistakes.

うんどうがけんこうのかぎであることをわたしたちは、とかくわすれがちだ。

We tend to forget that exercise is a key to good health.

くだものはすぐにくさりがちである。

Fruits tend to decay soon.

わたしたちはどんなばんぐみがおこなわれているかにかんけいなく、テレビをみがちである。

We are apt to watch television, irrespective of what program is on.

ねぶそくだとちゅういがさんまんになりがちです。

When you lack sleep, you are apt to be careless.

かのじょはびょうきがちであおじろいかおをしている。

She is in poor health so she looks pale.

ふゆになってからくもりがちのまいにちです。

The skies are mostly cloudy everyday now that winter has come.

かれはけっせきがおおいのでべんきょうがおくれがちです。

He is often absent from class so he is apt to be behind the others.

わたしはこどものころ、びょうきがちだった。

I tended to get sick when I was a child.

かれはさいきんやすみがちだ。

He's been taking leave from work lately.

そのケーキはおいしそうなあ。。。ざんねんながら、わたしはふとりがちだから。。。

That cake looks so yummy... It's a pity,　but I tend to put on weight easily, so....

せんじつ、びょうきがちのおばをみまいにいった。

Yesterday,i went to visit sickly aunt.

かのじょのしょうせつはたいくつになりがちだ。

Her novels tend to dullness (be dull).

かれはたいだにはしりがちだ。

He tends to laziness.

verb masu stem + gachi
　遅れます　⇒　遅れがち = tends to be late

noun + gachi
　怒りがち = tends to anger (get angry)

note: many verbs can be turned into nouns by using a -ri ending.

　怒る【いかる】(v5r) to get angry, to be angry
　怒り【いかり】(n) anger, hatred, (P)
⇒ 怒りがち

dc

The most common use of 'gachi' I found was ... 便秘がち ^^;

Amatuka

Formed from verb -masu base + gachi

Vm = Verb -masu base

Amatuka

amatuka > formation instructions can go in the "notes" section at the top, rather than buried in the comments...

dc

actually i was going to enter your Vm+ .. usage note, but the examples we have here are all with nouns? Can anyone provide some verb+gachi examples?

dc

機嫌を取る→機嫌を取りがち
へつらう→へつらいがち
やる気を無くす→やる気を無くしがち
遠慮する→遠慮しがち
訳は、任せます。:P

Miki

waver vi 心が揺らぐ、迷う

Miki

〜がち: tendency; inclination
This suggests that a situation tends to occur often or easily, as in, 'to be absent often' or 'to become ill easily'.
Both 〜ぎみ and 〜がち are almost always used in a neagtive sense.

angelitosh2004

kekke

quytd

Long tendencies of being/getting A

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