People have the tendency to speak more loudly when they get excited.
人は興奮すると大声を出す傾向がある。
He tends to get angry when he does not have his own way.
彼は自分の思い通りにならないと腹を立てる傾向がある。
I am all ears to what you say.
私は君の言うことには熱心に耳を傾けている。
In Japan, relations between neighbors are apt to be cooler than in USA.
日本では、隣同士の関係は合衆国より冷たい傾向がある。
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.
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。
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。
There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
That teacher tends to be partial to female students.
あの先生には女子学生をえこひいきする傾向がある。
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
In those days I tended to think of myself as a nice looking guy.
当時私は自分を美男子だと思う傾向があった。
I listened to the music of birds.
私は鳥のさえずりに耳を傾けた。
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。
She has a tendency to look on the dark side of things.
彼女は悲観する傾向がある。
He put all his heart and soul into it.
それに全身全霊を傾けた。
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。
I don't think there is any excuse for his behavior. At the same time, we should listen to what he has to say.
彼の行為に弁解の余地があるとは思えないが、それでも彼の言い分に耳を傾けるべきだ。
I'm worried about the global warming trend.
私は地球の温暖化傾向を心配している。
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。
He is apt to ridicule others.
彼は他人をばかにする傾向がある。
Global warming will change the patterns of the weather world-wide.
地球温暖化は世界規模での天候の傾向を変えるであろう。
I'll try to explain it to the best of my ability.
全力を傾けて説明してみましょう。
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".