類

Meaning

類 centers on grouping things by shared traits: a sort, kind, variety, or class. The genus sense is a formal application of that same idea of a category.

• 種類しゅるい
  N3

  variety; kind; type; category

• 類るい
  N1

  kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family

• 人類じんるい
  N3

  mankind; humanity

• 書類しょるい
  N4

  document; papers

• 分類ぶんるい
  N2

  classification; categorization; sorting

• 類似るいじ
  N1

  resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

• 部類ぶるい

  class; heading; group; category

• 哺乳類ほにゅうるい

  mammal; mammalian

• 同類どうるい
  N1

  the same kind; accomplice; partner

• 爬虫類はちゅうるい

  reptiles

• 衣類いるい
  N2

  clothes; clothing; garments

• 魚類ぎょるい

  fish; fishes

• 鳥類ちょうるい

  birds

• 親類しんるい
  N3

  relative; relation; kin

• 麺類めんるい

  noodles; vermicelli

• 酒類しゅるい

  alcoholic drinks; liquor

• 類型るいけい
  N1

  type; pattern; shape; genre; breed

• 数種類すうしゅるい

  several types; several kinds; several species

• 菌類きんるい

  fungus; fungi

• 類するるいする

  to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like

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