- 種類【しゅるい】 - variety, kind, type, category, counter for kinds, species, etc. 
- 人種【じんしゅ】 - race (of people), type of person 
- 種族【しゅぞく】 - race, tribe, ethnic group, species, genus, family, stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III) 
- 一種【いっしゅ】 - a kind, a sort, a variety, a species, of sorts, something of a, a sort of, sort of, somewhat 
- 種目【しゅもく】 - item, event 
- 人種差別【じんしゅさべつ】 - racial discrimination, racism 
- 品種【ひんしゅ】 - type (of goods), sort, (taxonomical) form, breed, variety, kind, type, cultivar 
- 種々【しゅじゅ】 - various, a variety of, all kinds of, many, diverse 
- 種痘【しゅとう】 - smallpox vaccination, inoculation against smallpox 
- 機種【きしゅ】 - model (of machine, device), model of aircraft, type of aircraft 
- 車種【しゃしゅ】 - car model, type of (wheeled) vehicle, vehicle classification 
- 種子【しゅし】 - seed, pit 
- 予防接種【よぼうせっしゅ】 - vaccination, inoculation, immunization, immunisation 
- 職種【しょくしゅ】 - type of occupation, occupational category 
- 同種【どうしゅ】 - same kind (race), homogeneousness 
- 接種【せっしゅ】 - inoculation, vaccination 
- 火種【ひだね】 - live coals (for firelighting), cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.), trigger 
- 三種【さんしゅ】 - three kinds, three varieties 
- 甲種【こうしゅ】 - A-grade, first-class 
- 菜種【なたね】 - rapeseed, coleseed