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Formation: V-ます stem + がち; N + がち; がちだ / がちな + N / がちに

Says that something happens often or easily, usually something negative that people do or suffer without meaning to: forgetting, getting ill, falling behind. It describes a frequent tendency, not a deliberate habit, so you would not say 毎朝ジョギングしがちだ. Only a limited set of nouns take it, such as 病気がち, 留守がち, 遠慮がち and 曇りがち. It is neutral and common in both speech and writing, and ありがちな ('all too common, typical') is a set phrase. Compare 〜気味, which describes a slight condition right now (風邪気味), while がち is about how often something happens. 〜きらいがある is more formal and criticises a trait of character.

Variants: がちだ、がちな、がちの、がちに、ありがちな

Examples

• 冬はどうしても運動不足になりがちだ。
  In winter we inevitably tend to get too little exercise.
• 子どもの頃は病気がちで、学校をよく休んだ。
  As a child I was sickly and often missed school.
• それは若者にありがちな失敗だ。
  That's a mistake typical of young people.

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