Word Meaning 偏る

かたよる katayoru

偏る is read as かたよる (katayoru) and means to lean (to one side).

Meaning

English

to lean (to one side)
to incline
to be partial
to be biased
to be prejudiced
to be unbalanced (e.g. diet)
to be unduly weighted towards
to be concentrated on

Reading

Kana

かたよる

Romaji

katayoru

Writing Variants

片寄る かたよる katayoru

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 1237 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

偏見

へんけん

prejudice

偏差値

へんさち

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades)

偏重

へんじゅう

attaching too much importance to

偏向

へんこう

propensity

偏食

へんしょく

unbalanced diet

偏狭

へんきょう

narrow-mindedness

偏り

かたより

polarization

偏西風

へんせいふう

westerlies

偏向関係

へんこうかんけい

bias relation

不偏不党

ふへんふとう

impartiality

正常化の偏見

せいじょうかのへんけん

normalcy bias

差動位相偏移変調

さどういそうへんいへんちょう

differential phase-shift keying

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.