Illustration: At a weekend neighborhood market, several orderly queues repeatedly bend toward a nearby stall frying sweet snacks. In the vegetable queue, the flower queue, and the bread queue, waiting customers have turned their heads and drifted sideways toward the tempting smell.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

とかく

tokaku

to tend to

Often describes a general tendency, especially an undesirable one. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 人ひとはとかく自分じぶんの欠点けってんに気きが付つかないものだ。

    People often don’t notice their own faults.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 運動うんどうが健康けんこうの鍵かぎであるのを私わたしたちはとかく忘わすれがちだ。

    We tend to forget that exercise is a key to good health.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 若わかい人ひとはとかくそんなふうに行動こうどうするものだ。

    Young people are apt to behave that way.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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