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〜がち
gachi · tend to ~, prone to ~ (usually bad)
〜がち means something tends to happen, usually something unwanted: 冬は風邪をひきがちだ, I tend to catch colds in winter.
How to form it
| Stem + がち | 忘れがち |
| Noun + がち | 病気がち |
How it is used
It conjugates like a な-adjective: 忘れがちな人, 遅れがちだった.
Compare 〜やすい (easy to, neutral) and 〜気味 (a slight sign of something right now).
Examples
Tap a kanji for its reading.
- 冬は風邪をひきがちです。I tend to catch colds in winter.
- 忙しいと、食事を抜きがちになる。When I am busy, I tend to skip meals.
- 子どものころは病気がちでした。I was a sickly child.
- 最近、電車が遅れがちだ。The trains have often been late recently.
Practice: 3 JLPT questions using 〜がち
（ ）に入る言葉を選びなさい。
Volunteering tends to be seen as only for others. But in reality, many participants say they learned more themselves.
筆者はメモを取ることのどんな点がよいと言っていますか。
What does the writer say is good about taking notes? → Writing organizes your thinking.
最近いそがしくて、朝ごはんをぬき（ ）だ。
I've been busy lately and tend to skip breakfast.