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same kind; same type; of the same species
Belonging to the same category or type. Used in biology to mean 'the same species,' in law and business for 'the same kind of offense / product / case,' and in everyday speech for 'the same type' generally.
Compound of 同 ('same') and 種 ('kind; species'). Contrasted with 異種 ('different kind; different species'). Typically followed by の to modify a following noun: 同種の〜 ('the same kind of ~').
Usage
Register is neutral to slightly formal. Appears in scientific, legal, and journalistic writing. In everyday conversation, 同じ種類の〜 ('the same type of ~') is often more natural.
Common collocations
- 同種の動物: animals of the same species
- 同種の事件: a similar incident; the same type of case
- 同種の犯罪: a similar crime
- 同種の商品: the same kind of product
- 同種の被害: similar damage / harm
- 同種の業務: the same type of work
- 同種業界: the same industry
Similar words
- 同じ種類: the same type — plain, conversational equivalent
- 同様: similar; the same — broader; 'the same as'
- 同類: the same category; kindred — often of people (can have a disparaging tone, like 'birds of a feather')
- 類似: similarity; resemblance — similar but not necessarily the same
- 異種: different kind / species — opposite
- 同種類: the same kind — fuller, somewhat redundant variant
Related Words
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同様 (similar)
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同類 (the same category)
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類似 (similarity)
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異種 (different kind / species)
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亜種 (subspecies)