人類|じんるいjinrui[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmankind; humanity
   人類じんるいだけが火ひの使い方つかいかたを知しっている。↗

   Only man knows how to use fire.

• Synonym人間にんげんNeutralCan mean an individual person or someone's character; 「人類」 covers humankind only as a whole species.
• Antonym神かみNeutralRefers to gods and deities; it is the term that stands opposite 「人類」 in contrasts between gods and humans.

Use 「人類」 for humanity as a whole species; for individual people or human nature, say 「人間」. In god-versus-human contrasts, 「神」 is the opposing term.

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1. 他ほかの生物せいぶつと区別くべつされる人間にんげんの全体ぜんたい。