日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji
種

N3

Meaningsspecies, kind, class, variety, seed
On'yomiシュ
Kun'yomiたね、-ぐさ
Strokes14
Radical禾

Compounds

  • every kind, all sorts

  • model (of machine, device), model of aircraft, type of aircraft

  • A-grade, first-class

  • seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel, stone (e.g. of a peach)

  • variety, kind, type, category

  • inoculation, vaccination

Example sentences

  • Whoops! There aren't many live coals left! Go make some kindling would you?

  • This is a condition caused by aging.

  • There are many kinds of insurance such as: health insurance, fire insurance, life insurance, etc.

  • His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.

  • The cockerel's splendid red cockscomb is thought to play a part in determining gender and breed.

  • Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.

  • Why do yields increase with herbicide-resistant varieties?

  • There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.