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一種

いっしゅ

N3kind · sort

Examples

この沈黙は一種の同意と受け取られた。

庭では同じ花を一種だけ育てている。

Included kanji

Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 一種(いっしゅ) means one kind or membership in a certain sort of category.
  • Basic usage: It counts types of flowers and also appears when an action is interpreted as a kind of agreement.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Describing a category with 一種の
    • 一種の同意 interprets something as a form of agreement rather than asserting that it is fully identical to explicit agreement. 一種だけ is a quantity expression limiting the number of kinds to one.

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