偏る

片寄る

Reading

Kana: かたよる

Romaji: katayoru

Definition

v5r

vi

1

to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased; to be biassed

Kanji

偏

Readings: ヘン、 かたよ.る

Meanings: partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased

片

Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた

Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

寄

Readings: キ、 よ.る、 -よ.り、 よ.せる

Meanings: draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward

Example Sentences

ハンバーガーばかり食(た)べていると、栄養(えいよう)が偏(かたよ)るよ。

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

２桁(けた)のＩＱがある人間(にんげん)なら誰(だれ)でも、この選択(せんたく)が政治的(せいじてき)に偏(かたよ)ったものだって分(わ)かってるよ。

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