Meaning of kind in Japanese
Definition of kind
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(n) actual article or goods
現物がこっちから行っちゃえば、雪花ちゃんも四の五の言わないって。
I'm saying that if the real thing comes to her, Sekka won't have anything to grumble about. - spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.)
- (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
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(adj-i) thick; deep; heavy
氷は２インチの厚さだ。
The ice is two inches thick. -
kind; cordial; hospitable; warm; faithful
ご好意に対し厚くお礼を申し上げます。
I'm deeply grateful for your kindness. - serious (of an illness)
- abundant
- (n) mouth
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opening; hole; gap; orifice
私たちはそのまま洞窟の口にボートで突っ込んで行きました。
We plunged into the cave opening on our boat and continued on. -
mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
瓶の口までいっぱいに入れて空気が入らないようにしなさい。
Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air. - gate; door; entrance; exit
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speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)
あの人は口と腹が反対だ。
He says one thing and means another. - taste; palate
- mouth (to feed)
- opening (i.e. vacancy); available position
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invitation; summons
あの仕事の口はまだあるよ。
The job offer still stands. - kind; sort; type
- opening (i.e. beginning)
- (suf, ctr) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords
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(n) hand; arm
こちらに来るように手で合図した。
I made motions at him to come here with my hand. - forepaw; foreleg
- handle
- hand; worker; help
- trouble; care; effort
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means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
いい手を思いついた。
I hit upon a good idea. - hand; handwriting
- kind; type; sort
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one's hands; one's possession
本は現在誰の手にも入る。
Books are now within the reach of everybody. -
ability to cope
あいつらには手が負えない。
They are out of hand. -
hand (of cards)
いい手が配られた。
I was dealt a good hand. - direction
- (n, n-suf, ctr) move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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(n, n-suf) kind; variety
６種の道具がひとまとまりになっている。
A half-dozen tools make up the tool collection. -
(biological) species
１つの種が絶滅するたびに、我々は自然界の一部を永久に失うことになる。
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world. -
(logical) species
そんなことをすれば笑いものの種なるよ。
If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.
- (n) seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
- material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread)
- cause; source; trick; secret; inside story
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(n) variety; kind; type; category
動物園にはたくさんの種類の動物がいる。
There are many kinds of animals in the zoo. -
(ctr) counter for different sorts of things
破壊の結果、毎日５０種類もの野生の動植物が消滅していると見積もられている。
It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.
- (n) colour; color
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complexion
英雄色を好む。
Who does not love wine, women and song; remains a fool his whole life long. - appearance; look
- love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover
- kind; type; variety
- (n) kind (of goods); brand
- (taxonomical) form
- breed; cultivar
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(adj-i) tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable; suave
彼の優しい言葉で彼女の気持ちが和らいだ。
She melted at his kind words.
- (adj-na) gentle; kind; sweet-looking
- (n) hair color; hair colour; fur color; fur colour
- disposition; type; kind; nature
- (n) base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix
- base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.)
- type; kind; extent; degree
Words related to kind
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(adj-pn) somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
これとあれはどういう関係があるの。
How is this connected to that?
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(n) all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
これだけ悪口雑言を浴びせられれば、後は怖いものなどありゃしない。かえってすっきりするよ。
I'm not afraid of anything after having verbal abuse heaped on me like that. In fact, I feel empowered by it.
