Another tendency of many Japanese that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".
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Children have a tendency to become rebellious.
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He has a tendency to be pessimistic.
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He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
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It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.
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Prices showed a tendency of going up.
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She has a tendency to look on the dark side of things.
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Spirits are to be found all over the world. This school was built upon the site of a shrine and thus there is a particular tendency for them to gather.
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The present writer doesn't like such a tendency.
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There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
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There is a tendency for people to think that hanggliding is dangerous.
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Today there seems to be a tendency to make little of human relations.
(n) a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect, Syn. inclination, Example:the alkaline inclination of the local waters; fabric with a tendency to shrink
n.; pl.Tendencies [ L. tendents, -entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to move. ] Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. [ 1913 Webster ]
Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ふう, fuu] (adj-na, n, n-suf) (1) method; manner; way; style; (2) appearance; air; (3) tendency; (4) (See 六義・1) folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); (5) (See 五大・1) wind (one of the five elements); (P)#805
[いっしょく(P);いっしき;ひといろ, isshoku (P); isshiki ; hitoiro] (adj-na, n) (1) one color; one colour; one article; (2) same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing; (P)#8470