Refers to a general direction or movement in society, politics, economics, etc. Often used in formal or analytical contexts.
Looking at recent economic trends, it seems the economy is recovering.
The trend of public opinion is against his policy.
傾向 is common in everyday speech, while 趨勢 is a more formal, literary word for the overall direction of large-scale change (e.g. economic or historical trends).
趨勢 is a formal, somewhat literary word for an overall trend, while 動向 is more commonly used in news and business reporting to describe a specific movement or direction.
Standard kanji form; used in news and formal writing.
Search-only form; not a standard written variant.
From Chinese 趨勢 (qūshì), meaning 'trend' or 'tendency'. The kanji 趨 means 'to run' or 'to hasten', and 勢 means 'power' or 'momentum', together suggesting the direction in which things are moving.