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傾向 (けいこう): Tendency / trend — Japanese vocabulary

傾向 is read けいこう and means "Tendency / trend". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

傾向

Reading
けいこう · keikou
Translation
Tendency / trend
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
けいこうが

Example

世界の人口は増加する傾向にある。

せかいのじんこうはぞうかするけいこうにある。

The world's population tends to increase.

Kanji in this word

  • 傾 — lean, incline
  • 向 — Yonder, Facing, Beyond

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