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    3. 類する

    類する

    類るいす​る​

    to be similar (to)

    KMT9News #30+1Verb, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    るいする

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be similar (to), to be akin (to), to be like

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    その症しょう状じょうは風か邪ぜに類るいする。

    Those symptoms are similar to a cold.

    KMT8Core ConceptsMedicine & Health
    彼かれの行こう動どうは犯はん罪ざいに類るいするものだった。

    His actions were akin to a crime.

    KMT9Core ConceptsPolitics & Law
    この哲てつ学がくは古こ代だいギリシャの思し想そうに類るいする点てんが多おおい。

    This philosophy has many points similar to ancient Greek thought.

    KMT9Core ConceptsReligion & Philosophy
    その芸げい術じゅつ作さく品ひんは抽ちゅう象しょう画がに類るいするが、具ぐ体たい的てきなメッセージも含ふくまれている。

    That artwork is similar to abstract painting, but it also contains a concrete message.

    KMT9Core ConceptsArt & Design
    この新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつは、既き存ぞんのシステムに類るいするが、効こう率りつが格かく段ばんに向こう上じょうしている。

    This new technology is similar to existing systems, but its efficiency has dramatically improved.

    KMT9Core ConceptsTechnology

    Characters that make up this word

    類
    たぐ.い…(1)
    sort・kind・variety・class・genus
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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