How to say "genre" in Japanese

• ジャンルJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe default word for 'genre' as a category of creative work such as music, film, or literature. A loanword used in everyday contexts like asking what genre a movie belongs to.
  このジャンルの曲きょくが好すきです。↗

  I like this kind of music.
• 類型るいけいCommon
  nounChiefly means 'type' or 'pattern' in the sense of a classification scheme, often in formal or analytical discussion; its 'genre' sense is secondary, so ジャンル is usually the better choice for genres of art or entertainment.
  各種かくしゅの性格せいかく類型るいけいが概略がいりゃく図ずの形かたちで図ず１に示しめされている。↗

  The different character typologies are represented schematically in figure one.

Use 「ジャンル」 as the everyday word for a genre of music, film, books, or art; use 類型 when you mean a type or pattern into which things are classified, with 'genre' as a secondary sense.

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• ジャンルgenre
• 類型るいけいtype