tendency
trend
inclination
Structure
- Verb[る/ない] + 傾向
- い-Adj + 傾向
- な-Adj + な + 傾向
- Noun + の + 傾向
[Used to express both positive, neutral and negative tendencies]
[Mostly seen as 傾向がある and 傾向が見られる]
[傾向にある means ‘to be in a (declining) trend’ and expresses an ongoing change, while 傾向がある means ‘to have a tendency to’ expresses an inclination towards characteristic or behavior]
[Many Japanese use them interchangeably, or when they want to avoid double usage of が in one clause]
訳ではない can be translated as “it does not mean that …”, “I don’t mean that …”, or “it is not the case that”. As @Pushindawood mentioned above, 傾向がある is used to express an inclination towards characteristic or behavior.
For example:
日本人全員そのように考える訳ではない。
”It doesnt mean everyone in Japan think like that.”
日本人はそのように考える傾向がある。
”Japanese people tend to think that way.”
I hope seeing how they are both used helped you understand the difference a little better.
Hi Fuga,
thanks for your answer, unfortunately I just noticed I posted this in the wrong thread.