ルイ, たぐ.い

sort, kind, variety, class, genus

JLPT3 G4 S18 F678

dog/beast (→ animals in general) + an element# combining rice (→ plants in general) and 頁 (people) → sort a variety of things according to type, creating smaller piles → *variety*; *kind* → *broadly*.

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