WORD DETAIL
一種
いっしゅ
Examples
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.

