N21487/1725

傾かたむく

obsolete readinggodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

Reading

かたむく

Meanings

to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to
to go down (sun, moon), to sink
to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away
to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)

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Example sentences

古ふるい塔とうが風かぜで少すこし傾かたむいている。

The old tower is slightly tilting in the wind.

太陽たいようが西にしに傾かたむいてきた頃ころ、私わたしたちは帰かえり始はじめた。

As the sun began to sink in the west, we started heading home.

彼かれの意見いけんに傾かたむかないように、客観的きゃっかんてきに考かんがえるべきだ。

We should think objectively so as not to be swayed toward his opinion.

その国くにの経済けいざいは長期ちょうきにわたって衰退すいたいに傾かたむいていた。

The country's economy had been trending toward decline over a long period.

議論ぎろんを重かさねるうちに、委員会いいんかいの多数派たすうはは新あたらしい提案ていあんに傾かたむいた。

As the discussions progressed, the majority of the committee came around to the new proposal.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)