Meaning

Primary

To Be Biased

Alternatives

To Be One Sided, To Be Partial, To Be Prejudiced

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means biased, so the verb version is to be biased or to be prejudiced.

Reading

かたよる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You meet someone who claims to be biased about everything. You ask them why and they say, "I'm a cutter, yo (かたよ)! I cut everything in half and only like one of 'em. But I guess if you wanna call that biased go ahead, man." Huh okay.

Context

Context Sentences

栄養が偏るのは良くない。

One sided nutrition isn’t good for you.

Kanji Composition