mostly; predominantly; having lots of
Indicates that something is mostly or predominantly of a certain kind, often with a nuance of excess. Common in phrases like 黒がち (mostly black) or 病気がち (sickly).
... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize; ... wins
Used in the pattern ...もの〜 to mean that the person or thing described is the one who benefits or wins. Often in set phrases like 早い者勝ち (first come, first served).
It's first come, first served, so let's go early.
He tends to forget his promises.
People are prone to catching colds this time of year, so please be careful.
She is sickly and often misses school.
This painting is predominantly black and gives a somewhat dark impression.
In this world, the strong win.
This painting uses mostly black colors.
This child has been sickly since she was little.
She asked the question hesitantly.
がち suggests a stronger, often negative, recurring tendency, while ぎみ describes a milder, more subjective feeling or slight tendency.
がち implies a negative or undesirable habitual tendency, whereas やすい simply means something is easy or likely to happen without that negative nuance.
complete victory; clean sweep; perfect record
apt to do; tend to do; prone to do
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing
prone to crying; tearful
mixed cursive man'yōgana and hiragana writing
decisive win; winning hands down
sole winner; beating everyone else · winner-take-all · mostly alone; mostly by oneself
winning by an ippon; winning by a point
win by judges' decision (judo)
Usually written in kana; the kanji spelling 勝ち is rare and may be confused with the reading かち.
Kanji spelling is uncommon and can be misread as かち; use kana in most contexts.
Derived from the verb 勝つ (かつ, 'to win'), with the reading shifting to がち in this suffix usage. The connection to 'winning' is still visible in sense 3, while senses 1 and 2 developed from the idea of something being predominant or prevailing.
win by decision; win on points