しゅ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. kind; sort; type; class
Noun
Biology
2. species
3. species
Pitch accent
しゅ
Used in vocabulary (148 in total)
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
classification of Japanese words by their origin as Japanese, Chinese or Western
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
Examples (15 in total)
There are 340 species of hummingbirds.
The wind carries seeds for great distances.
Jack exchanged the cow for the seeds.
That kind of dress is now in fashion.
I didn't know that apple trees grew from seeds.
He raised tomato plants from seed.
The species will be made extinct by the end of this century.
He is an expert at solving such problems.
You reap what you sow.
After the volcanic eruption, this species declined.
I had never seen that kind of fish before.
His research ranks among the best of its kind.
After all, this is a war for the survival of the species.
I've never seen that kind of tree before.
Many fragile species are on the verge of extinction.