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JLPT N3 · Noun

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

  1. variety; kind; type; category · noun
  2. counter for kinds, species, etc. · counter

Example sentences

動物園にはたくさんの種類の動物がいる。
There are many kinds of animals in the zoo.
Tatoeba #123735
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.
Tatoeba #121650

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 種類

種
species, kind, classシュ・たね・-ぐさ · 14 strokes
類
sort, kind, varietyルイ・たぐ.い · 18 strokes

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.