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人類 (じんるい): mankind, humanity — Japanese vocabulary

人類 is read じんるい and means "mankind, humanity". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

人類

Reading
じんるい · jinrui
Translation
mankind, humanity
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
じんるいが

Example

核戦争は人類を滅亡させるだろう。

かくせんそうはじんるいをめつぼうさせるだろう。

A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.

Kanji in this word

  • 人 — person
  • 類 — kind, type

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