タイプtaipu

1. nountype; kind; sort; style
   あそこでは多おおくのタイプの食品しょくひんや雑貨ざっかを売うっている。↗

   They sell many types of food and grocery products.
2. nountype (of person); (ideal) type; one's type
   こういうタイプの人ひとはおもしろくない。↗

   That type of person is dull.
3. nountypewriter
   彼かれは私にをタイプ使つかわせてくれた。↗

   He let me use his typewriter.
4. noun, suru verb, transitive verbtyping (on a typewriter)
   私は報告書ほうこくしょのタイプを終おえました。↗

   I've finished typing the report.

• Synonym類るいWrittenSame word as the previous entry, also written 「類」; it also means an equal or peer, as in 「類いまれな」 'extremely rare'.
• Synonym型かたNeutralNeutral word for fixed models, patterns, or set forms like martial arts kata, as in 「血液型」 and 「型にはまる」.
• Synonym種類しゅるいNeutralKinds or categories divided by shared properties, as in 「種類が多い」; used for objective classification rather than describing a person's type.
• Synonym類型るいけいWrittenWritten word for types grouped by shared essential features, mostly in academic contexts, as in 「類型化」.
• Synonym部類ぶるいWrittenWritten word for the category something is grouped under, as in 「〜の部類に入る」.
• SynonymジャンルNeutralLoanword for genres and categories in art and literature, as in 「音楽のジャンル」.
• Synonym様式ようしきWrittenWritten word for shared styles or the style of an era or school, as in 「建築様式」.
• Synonym類いたぐいWrittenWritten word for things of the same kind, often tinged with contempt, as in 「その類いの話」; 「タイプ」 is more neutral and conversational.
• Synonym手合いてあいCasualColloquial and contemptuous word for that sort of fellow or that bunch, as in 「ああいう手合い」.
• Related形態けいたいWrittenWritten word for the form or structure of an organization or thing, as in 「雇用形態」.
• Related型式かたしきNeutralA specific model or type of an industrial product such as a car, as in 「型式番号」 (the model number).
• RelatedモデルNeutralLoanword for a product model or version, and also a fashion model or template, as in 「新モデル」.

Use 「タイプ」 by default for types, styles, and one's type. For objective classification pick 「種類」, for art genres 「ジャンル」, for product models 「型式」 or 「モデル」, for academic types 「類型」, and for the same kind with a dismissive tone 「類い」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 類型るいけい、典型てんけい、種類しゅるい、パターン。
2. 人ひとや性格せいかくの類型るいけい。
3. 恋愛れんあい対象たいしょうになりやすい人ひとの類型るいけい。
4. 活字かつじ。
5. タイプライターやキーボードを打うつこと。
6. タイプライターやキーボードを打うつ。