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第二種 (だいにしゅ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

第だい二に種しゅ

Meanings

1

noun, used as a prefix

type 2; category 2; second class

Used as a prefix to classify things into a second type or category, often in technical, legal, or official contexts.

この書しょ類るいは第だい二に種しゅ郵ゆう便びん物ぶつとして扱あつかわれます。
This document is handled as second-class mail.
第だい二に種しゅ電でん気き工こう事じ士しの資し格かくを取とる。
I will get a Type 2 electrician license.

Kanji

第No., residence
二two, two radical (no. 7)
種species, kind, class

Similar words

第だい一いっ種しゅ
Means 'type 1' or 'first class'; 第二種 is the second category in the same classification system.

Etymology

Compound of 第二 (second) and 種 (type, kind). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination is a straightforward Sino-Japanese classificatory term.