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Grade 4JLPT N3

sort, kind, variety, class, genus

18 strokes · frequency rank #678

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ルイ
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たぐ.い

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Common words

  1. じんるいmankind; humanity1
    • Only man knows how to use fire.

    • Half the species are woman.

    • Man would perish.

  2. しょるいdocument; papers2
    • I want this letter registered.

    • I attached my signature to the document.

    • He had a good look at the papers.

  3. しゅるいvariety; kind; type; category3
    • There are many kinds of animals in the zoo.

    • It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.

    • This is a strange kind of fish.

  4. しんるいrelative; relation; kin4
    • He disagrees with his relatives.

    • He is my distant relation.

    • He broke with all his relatives.

  5. るいkind; sort; type; class5
    • Does that store keep textile goods?

    • These kinds of jewelry are of little value.

    • Birds of a feather flock together.

  6. ぶんるいclassification; categorization; sorting6
    • He finished sorting the papers.

    • Whales are classified as mammals.

    • The librarian classified the books according to subject.

  7. どうるいthe same kind; accomplice; partner7
    • Coal is chemically allied to diamonds.

    • Like breeds like.

  8. いるいclothes; clothing; garments8
    • Men's clothing is loose fitting.

    • A coat is an article of clothing.

    • I usually buy clothing at a local store.

  9. しゅるいalcoholic drinks; liquor9
    • Liquor is not sold at this store.

    • I don't drink alcohol.

    • I don't care for alcoholic drinks.

  10. るいじresemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy10
    • We encounter similar difficulties when we substitute rectangles for triangles in this configuration.

    • Those two experiments yielded similar results.

    • This design resembles his earlier work.

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