傾ける

かたむける · katamukeru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to tilt

🫗 亻(person radical) + 頃 (supplies the けい sound): a person leaning over, tilted

傾ける is the transitive form: you tilt or bend something, like a glass or your head. The intransitive partner is 傾く, which means something tilts by itself.

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