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VocabJLPT N3
a kind
NounAdverb

Definitions

  1. 1. a kind
  2. 2. a sort
  3. 3. of sorts
  4. 4. sort of
This noun means "a kind of" or "a type of," used to loosely categorize something as belonging to a certain group. It often softens a statement, suggesting something is roughly similar to a known category.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

The way you said that sounds like a kind of sarcasm, doesn't it?

Sentence 2

That scent has a kind of nostalgia to it!

Sentence 3

Can that response be evaluated as a kind of crisis management?

Sentence 4

My senior laughed and said, "It's a kind of urban legend."

Sentence 5

For example, anger can be a kind of energy too.