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.
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".
In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.
郷愁にふける時、私達は子供時代をこの上なく幸福な時期と考える傾向があるかもしれない。
I listened to her story.
私は彼女の話に耳を傾けた。
He tends to get angry when he doesn't have his own way.
彼は自分の思いどおりにならないと腹をたてる傾向がある。
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。
The pillar tilted to the right and fell.
柱は右へ傾いて倒れた。
The trend towards late marriage is going to increase more and more.
晩婚化傾向は今後もますます進みそうだ。
Philosophers tend to have little contact with the outside world.
哲学者は世間とあまり交渉を持たない傾向がある。
He is inclined to be lazy.
彼は怠ける傾向がある。
Children were apt to invent their own games.
子供たちは自分たち自身の遊びを考え出す傾向があった。
He is apt to get angry if you ask a lot of questions.
あまりたくさん質問すると、彼は腹を立てる傾向がある。
She has a tendency to look on the dark side of things.
彼女は悲観する傾向がある。
She listened to him with her eyes modestly cast down.
彼女はつつましやかに伏し目になって彼の言葉に耳を傾けた。
He gives work all he's got, and gets more work done than anybody else.
彼は全力を傾けて仕事をし、誰よりも多くの仕事を片づける。
The old man tends to exaggerate.
その老人はおおげさに言う傾向がある。
He tends to get angry when he doesn't 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。
It tends to rain here a lot in the summer.
当地では、夏場に多く雨が降る傾向にある。
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。
A mother tends to hold her baby on the left.
母親は赤ん坊を左胸に抱く傾向がある。
The job-seeking season is starting earlier each year and it's the mass media that are causing that trend by moving up their job interview schedule.
就職活動の時期は早まる傾向にあり、マスコミ各社の面接がその先頭にたっている。
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。
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.