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読み方 るい

名詞

1

（＝種類）a kind; a sort; a description; a class; an order; a family; a genus; a species; a line （of goods）:（=する） to be of a kind; to be similar to （something）; to be comparable to （something）; to be akin to （something）; to be like （something）

用例

• この類の本
  this kind of books―books of this kind

• あの類の人
  that sort of people―people of that sort
• どういう類の学校か
  What kind of school―What sort of school―What description of school―is it?
• この草は何類か
  To what kind―To what class―To what family―does this plant belong?
• この花は菊の類だ
  This flower is a kind of chrysanthemum―a species of chrysanthemum.
• この類の品は品切れである
  This line of goods are out of stock.
• これに類する例はいくらもある
  There are many instances of the kind―many similar instances―many like instances.
• これに類するもの無し
  There is nothing of the kind―nothing similar to it―nothing comparable to it―nothing like it―It is unique.
• 憐愍は恋愛に類す
  Pity is akin to love.
• これは児戯に類する戯れだ
  It is a joke like child's play.
• 類は友を呼ぶ【イディオム・格言的】
  “Like attracts like”
  “Like draws to like.”
• 友は類をもって集まる
  “Birds of a feather flock together.”【イディオム・格言的】

2

（＝類例）a similar example; a similar instance; a parallel case

用例

• 類を集める
  to collect similar examples

• 類が多い
  There are many similar instances.
• 類が少ない
  There are few similar cases.
• 類が無い
  It is without parallel―unparallelled―unique.

読み方 たぐい

名詞

A kind; a sort

用例

• この類の品
  articles of this kind―this kind of articles

• 類無き
  peerless―matchless―unmatched―unequalled―unrivalled―unparallelled―incomparable―unique―san pareil
• 世に類無し
  It stands unrivalled in the world
  It is without a parallel
  It is unique.
• 類稀なる品、類少き品
  a rare article