I Love Kanji種類 (shurui)
種類 (しゅるい, shurui) is a Japanese noun meaning “variety; kind”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しゅるい
- Romaji
- shurui
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- variety; kind; type; category · noun
- counter for kinds, species, etc. · counter
Example sentences
破壊の結果、毎日５０種類もの野生の動植物が消滅していると見積もられている。
It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 種類
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 種類.
種たねseed (e.g. of a plant)人種じんしゅrace (of people)一種いっしゅa kind各種かくしゅevery kind種々しゅじゅvarious品種ひんしゅtype (of goods)種しゅkind書類しょるいdocument人類じんるいmankind親類しんるいrelative分類ぶんるいclassification類るいkind衣類いるいclothes類推るいすいanalogy
Source: JMdict entry 1328890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.