Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – がち (gachi)
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Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – がち (gachi)
Here is Japanese N3 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 textbook.
69. ～がち
a. Structure:
Noun / Verb ます-form without ます + がち
b. Meaning: tends to become ~, often has the quality of ~ (negative)
年のせいか、母は最近病気がちだ。
Toshi no sei ka, haha wa saikin byōki-gachida.
Perhaps because of her age, my mother has been falling ill a lot lately.
朝７時台、８時台の電車は遅れがちだ。
Asa 7-ji-dai, 8-ji-dai no densha wa okure-gachida.
Trains between 7 and 9 in the morning tend to be late.
くもりがちの天気が続いて洗濯物が乾かない。
Kumori-gachi no tenki ga tsudzuite sentakubutsu ga kawakanai.
The weather keeps being cloudy and the washing will not dry.
一人暮らしは栄養のバランスがかたよりがちだ。
Hitorigurashi wa eiyō no baransu ga katayori-gachida.
Living alone tends to throw your nutritional balance off.
＊「ここ、空いてますか」と少女は遠慮がちに尋ねた。
`Koko, suitemasu ka’ to shōjo wa enryo-gachi ni tazuneta.
The girl asked hesitantly, ”Is this seat free?”.