LingakuFrequency rank: 4,071. – 4,075.
- a kind; a sort; a variety; a species
- of sorts; something of a; a sort ofas 一種の...
- sort of; somewhat
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
adverb (fukushi)
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- a kind; a sort; a variety; a species
- of sorts; something of a; a sort of
- sort of; somewhat
This meaning refers to a specific type or category within a broader classification. It is commonly used to identify a particular kind of object, organism, or concept.
This meaning is used to indicate that something is not quite the typical version of a category, often implying a degree of informality or uniqueness in a less rigorous sense.
This usage conveys a sense of approximation or uncertainty, suggesting that something is not entirely one thing or another, but has qualities of both.
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1. きごう『かむいカムイのけん剣きごう』は、せん はっぴゃく ろくじゅう はちねん1868年のとくがわ徳川しょうぐん将軍じだい時代のほうかい崩壊と、めいじてんのう明治天皇か下でのにっぽん日本のふっこう復興というへんかくき変革期をぶたい舞台にした、いっしゅ一種のさむらい侍きごう/にんじゃ忍者ものがたり物語だ。
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.
I wonder why it is that some plants become annuals and others perennials?
Playing baseball is a sport, and climbing mountains is a sport, too.
He became, as it were, a kind of hero from a strange land.
Reading is the kind of habit that once acquired is never lost.
9. わたくし私は、ゆうじん友人のむすこ息子がやく約ろっかげつ６か月かん間いっしゅ一種ののうじょう農場けんしゅうせい研修生として、にっちゅう日中こののうじょう農場までやってくるのをきょか許可するのにどうい同意した。
I have agreed to let a friend's son come up to this farm by day for about six months as a sort of farm pupil.
We look back on days gone by, if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.