タイプ

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

タイプする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General category or style of something. Used for objects, concepts, and classifications.

type (of person); one's type; ideal type

Refers to a person's preferred type, especially in romantic or personal preference contexts. Often used in phrases like タイプの人 or 好みのタイプ.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of タイプライター. Now mostly historical or used in specific contexts.

〈人ひと〉はどんなタイプが好すきですかto ask what type of person someone likes (romantically)
田た中なかさんはどんなタイプが好すきですか。
What type of person does Mr. Tanaka like?
〈人ひと〉の好このみのタイプsomeone's ideal type (of person)
彼かの女じょは背せの高たかい人ひとが好このみのタイプだ。
Her ideal type is a tall person.
〈動どう詞し〉タイプではないnot the type of person to do something
彼かれは約やく束そくを破やぶるタイプではない。
He's not the type to break a promise.
〈物もの〉のタイプが違ちがうto be a different type or kind (of something)
このパソコンとあのパソコンはタイプが違ちがう。
This computer and that one are different types.
〈物もの〉をタイプするto type something (a document, text, etc.)
レポートをパソコンでタイプする。
I type up the report on the computer.

種しゅ類るいN3sense 1
種類 is a more formal, technical word for 'kind' or 'variety', while タイプ is a casual loanword often used for personal preferences or informal classifications.
型かたN3sense 1
型 refers to a concrete model, mold, or pattern (often technical), while タイプ is broader and used more abstractly for style or category.
類るいN1
タイプ is a casual loanword for 'type' used in everyday speech, whereas 類 is a formal, native word favored in written Japanese.
類るい型けいN1
タイプ is a casual, everyday loanword for 'type', while 類型 carries a more formal, classificatory nuance often used in scholarly writing.

タイプライターN3sense 3
タイプ is the casual, shortened form of タイプライター, so learners may mistake it for the full word when it actually just means 'typewriter' in this abbreviated sense.

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Loanword from English 'type'. The abbreviation sense for 'typewriter' comes from タイプライター.