--- Notes ---
verb masu stem + gachi
遅れます ⇒ 遅れがち = tends to be late
noun + gachi
怒りがち = tends to anger (get angry)
note: many verbs can be turned into nouns by using a -ri ending.
怒る【いかる】(v5r) to get angry, to be angry
怒り【いかり】(n) anger, hatred, (P)
⇒ 怒りがち
--- Examples ---
私のボスは、短気で怒りがち。 （怒りっぽい is
conventionl.）
My boss is short-tempered and tends to get angry easily .
担当者の好き嫌いによる誤解も場合によっては起こりがち。
Depending on the likes and dislikes of the person in charge it is also easy
for mis-understandings to occur.
曇りがち
mainly cloudy
遠慮がち
tends to be reserved
お金持ちは貧乏人を見下しがちである。
The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.
学生たちは同じ間違いをおかしがちだ。
The students are apt to make the same mistakes.
運動が健康の鍵であることを私たちは、とかく忘れがちだ。
We tend to forget that exercise is a key to good health.
果物はすぐに腐りがちである。
Fruits tend to decay soon.
私たちはどんな番組が行われているかに関係なく、テレビを見がちである。
We are apt to watch television, irrespective of what program is on.
寝不足だと注意が散漫になりがちです。
When you lack sleep, you are apt to be careless.
彼女は病気がちで青白い顔をしている。
She is in poor health so she looks pale.
冬になってから曇りがちの毎日です。
The skies are mostly cloudy everyday now that winter has come.
彼は欠席が多いので勉強が遅れがちです。
He is often absent from class so he is apt to be behind the others.
私は子供の頃、病気がちだった。
I tended to get sick when I was a child.
--- Comments ---
The most common use of 'gachi' I found was ... 便秘がち ^^;
(contributor: Amatuka)
waver vi 心が揺らぐ、迷う (contributor: Miki)
Formed from verb -masu base + gachi
Vm = Verb -masu base (contributor: Amatuka)
amatuka > formation instructions can go in the 'notes' section at the top,
rather than buried in the comments... (contributor: dc)
actually i was going to enter your Vm+ .. usage note, but the examples we
have here are all with nouns? Can anyone provide some verb+gachi examples?
(contributor: dc)
機嫌を取る→機嫌を取りがち
へつらう→へつらいがち
やる気を無くす→やる気を無くしがち
遠慮する→遠慮しがち
訳は、任せます。:P
(contributor: Miki)
〜がち: tendency; inclination
This suggests that a situation tends to occur often or easily, as in, 'to
be absent often' or 'to become ill easily'.
Both 〜ぎみ and 〜がち are almost always used in a neagtive sense.
(contributor: angelitosh2004)
kekke (contributor: quytd)
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