いっしゅ
Meanings
Noun
1. a kind; a sort; a variety; a species
2. of sorts; something of a; a sort of
as 一種の...
Adverb
3. sort of; somewhat
Pitch accent
っしゅ
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
type 1; category 1; first class
unique; peculiar; special
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; bizarre; strange
Examples (20 in total)
This is a kind of bread.
Heat is a form of energy.
This is a kind of food.
It is a kind of orange.
Mosquitoes are insects.
This is a kind of love letter.
This is a variety of violet.
A dolphin is a kind of mammal.
English is a kind of universal language.
It's nothing but a kind of joke.
This flower is a kind of rose.
The tea tree is a kind of camellia.
Strictly speaking, bamboo is a kind of grass.
The article's tone was one of pessimism.
Is salsa a type of fruit salad?
Suppressing one's anger is a virtue.
Playing baseball is a sport, and climbing mountains is a sport, too.
Lobsters belong to a class of marine animals.
"What's chorizo?" "It's a type of meat. It's like a spicy sausage."
He became, as it were, a kind of hero from a strange land.