Broadly used for observable patterns, statistical trends, personal inclinations, or directional shifts. Common in both formal and everyday language.
Young people these days tend not to read books.
The population in this region is on a declining trend.
Recently, young people tend not to read books.
This disease has a strong tendency to be inherited.
The economy is on a trend of recovery.
The experimental results show a clear trend.
傾向 is the standard word for a general 'tendency' or 'trend', while 向き in this sense usually describes a personal inclination noted with ある/ない.
傾向 names a general tendency or trend in data or behavior, while 流れ evokes the image of events moving like a current.
傾き and 傾向 both describe a tendency or leaning, but 傾向 is the standard word for a trend or pattern while 傾き keeps a slightly more literal, spatial nuance.
傾向 is a general tendency or inclination, often used for statistical or behavioral trends, whereas 時流 emphasizes the temporal, era-specific flow.
傾向 is a neutral word for a general trend or tendency, whereas 性癖 usually implies a personal, somewhat peculiar trait.
傾向 is a full noun meaning 'tendency' used with 〜の傾向がある, whereas 気味 (ぎみ) is a suffix attached directly to a noun or verb stem to mean the same thing more casually.
傾向 describes an observed tendency or trend, whereas 志向 describes a deliberate aim or aspiration that one consciously pursues.
傾向 is a neutral word for a trend or tendency, whereas 偏向 usually implies an unfair or one-sided leaning.
傾向 refers to a general tendency, while 基調 describes a more sustained, defining underlying direction, as in market or public-mood reporting.
傾向 is a neutral term for a statistical or behavioral tendency, whereas 潮流 implies a broader, more forceful societal current.
傾向 is a formal word for a general trend, while 調子 is used more casually in phrases like この調子では to describe how a situation is going.
deflationary trend
data trend; data tendency