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傾ける · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Physical action of making something slant or tip to one side.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Abstract use: directing one's attention, effort, or heart toward something. Common with 注意, 耳, 心, 全力.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used with words like 国, 財産, 身代, meaning to bring something to ruin or to use up completely. Often implies a downward tilt metaphorically.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Literary or euphemistic expression for drinking alcohol, focusing on the action of tilting a cup or bottle.

〈物もの〉を傾かたむけるto tilt or tip something
彼かれはグラスを傾かたむけて、中なか身みをよく見みた。
He tilted the glass and looked closely at its contents.
心こころを傾かたむけるto devote one's heart to something
彼かの女じょは音おん楽がくに心こころを傾かたむけて生いきてきた。
She has lived her life devoting her heart to music.
財ざい産さんを傾かたむけるto squander one's fortune
彼かれは事じ業ぎょうのために財ざい産さんを傾かたむけてしまった。
He ended up ruining his fortune for the sake of the business.
杯はいを傾かたむけるto tip back a cup, i.e. to drink
友ゆう人じんたちと夜よる遅おそくまで杯はいを傾かたむけた。
I drank with my friends late into the night.
全ぜん力りょくを傾かたむけるto pour all one's effort into something
彼かれはプロジェクトの成せい功こうに全ぜん力りょくを傾かたむけた。
He devoted all his effort to the project's success.

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傾かたむくN2sense 1
傾く is the intransitive form meaning something leans or tilts on its own, while 傾ける is transitive, meaning someone tilts something.
傾かしぐ sense 1
傾ぐ is a rarer intransitive verb meaning to lean or tilt by itself, paralleling the transitive 傾ける which means to tilt something.

捧ささげるN1sense 2
捧げる means to devote or dedicate oneself (often to a cause or person), while 傾ける in this sense focuses on pouring effort or attention, as in 心を傾ける.
使つかい果はたすN1sense 3
使い果たす means to use something up completely, while 傾ける in this sense (財産を傾ける) means to squander or ruin something, often a fortune or household.
あおる sense 4
呷る means to gulp or knock back a drink quickly, while 傾ける is a more literary or euphemistic way to describe drinking by tilting a cup.
曲まげるN2
傾ける specifically means to tilt or incline something, while 曲げる more broadly means to bend or curve it out of a straight line.

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傾かしげるN1
傾ける is the general transitive verb for tilting anything (a cup, a chair, one's head), while 傾げる is used almost exclusively for tilting the head in a puzzled or thoughtful gesture.
凝こらすN1
傾ける (as in 心を傾ける) means to devote one's heart or attention to something, overlapping with 凝らす but used more broadly for effort and interest.
注そそぎ込こむ
傾ける is used for pouring one's attention or energy (as in 力を傾ける), while 注ぎ込む emphasizes filling something up with a large quantity.

傾かたむけるUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
かたむけるUsage8%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for abstract senses.

Derived from the intransitive verb 傾く (かたむく) by adding the transitive/causative suffix 〜ける. The kanji 傾 means 'incline' or 'lean'.