JLPT N2 · Verb

片寄る (katayoru)

片寄る (かたよる, katayoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lean (to one side); to incline”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かたよる
Romaji: katayoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to lean (to one side); to incline · godan verb, intransitive
to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be concentrated on · godan verb, intransitive
to be partial; to be biased; to be prejudiced · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

ハンバーガーばかり食べていると、栄養が偏るよ。

Your diet is going to be really unbalanced if all you eat is hamburgers.

Tatoeba #197745

２桁のＩＱがある人間なら誰でも、この選択が政治的に偏ったものだって分かってるよ。

Anybody with at least a two-digit IQ knows this was a politically biased choice.

Tatoeba #235515

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 片寄る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	片寄る	かたよる katayoru
Polite (~masu)	片寄ります	かたよります katayorimasu
Negative	片寄らない	かたよらない katayoranai
Polite negative	片寄りません	かたよりません katayorimasen
Past	片寄った	かたよった katayotta
Polite past	片寄りました	かたよりました katayorimashita
Negative past	片寄らなかった	かたよらなかった katayoranakatta
Te-form	片寄って	かたよって katayotte
Potential	片寄れる	かたよれる katayoreru
Passive	片寄られる	かたよられる katayorareru
Causative	片寄らせる	かたよらせる katayoraseru
Volitional	片寄ろう	かたよろう katayorou
Imperative	片寄れ	かたよれ katayore
Conditional (~ba)	片寄れば	かたよれば katayoreba

Kanji in 片寄る

片

one-sided, leaf, sheetヘン・かた-・かた · 4 strokes

寄

draw near, stop in, bring nearキ・よ.る・-よ.り · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 片寄る.

片仮名かたかなkatakana片付けるかたづけるto put in order片付くかたづくto be put in order片付けかたづけtidying up片道かたみちone-way (trip)破片はへんfragment片かたone (of a pair)片言かたことprattle寄るよるto approach寄付きふcontribution年寄としよりold person寄せるよせるto come near近寄るちかよるto approach寄贈きぞうdonation

Source: JMdict entry 1590420 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.