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種々 (しゅじゅ, shuju) Japanese meaning: various | Kotomora
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種しゅ 々じゅ の 理り 由ゆう で 会かい 議ぎ は 延えん 期き さ れ た 。
The meeting was postponed for various reasons.
We are currently examining this matter in various ways.
Related words 色々 is the common, everyday word for 'various', while 種々 is a more formal, Sino-Japanese term used in written or careful speech.
様々 closely overlaps with 種々 in meaning but is more neutral and widely used; 種々 tends to sound more technical or official.
多種多様 is a stronger, more emphatic four-character expression stressing great variety, whereas 種々 is simpler and more general.
種々 is an older, bookish synonym for 'various kinds', similar in register to 多様 but even more formal and less common in speech.
Written forms 種しゅ 々じゅ Usage 99%
Standard spelling using the iteration mark 々; this is the high-priority form.
種しゅ 種じゅ Usage 1%
Full-kanji variant without the iteration mark. Understandable, but 種々 is the more usual printed form.
Etymology Formed by repeating 種, meaning 'kind' or 'type'; the spelling 種々 uses 々 as an iteration mark to show repetition.
