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N2 Noun

系統(けいとう)system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)

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    1. Noun

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      system

    2. Noun

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      lineage, ancestry, family line

    3. Noun

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      group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought)

    4. Noun

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      close (evolutionary) relationship

    5. Noun

      5.

      a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)

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      英語(えいご)とスペイン()(おな)系統(けいとう)言語(げんご)だ。

      English and Spanish are languages of the same family. {system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)}

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      母方(ははかた)系統(けいとう)(ひと)はみんな()(たか)いです。

      All the people from my mother's line of the family are tall. {system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)}

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      (かれ)(あお)系統(けいとう)(いろ)、つまり水色(みずいろ)(むらさき)(ふく)をよく()ている。

      He often wears colors in the blue family, that is, light blue and purple clothes. {system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)}

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      胃腸(いちょう)(えん)になって以来(いらい)消化(しょうか)()系統(けいとう)不調(ふちょう)がよく()るようになった。

      Since I got gastroenteritis, I often experience problems with my digestive system. {system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)}

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      類人猿(るいじんえん)はやがて、ヒトの系統(けいとう)区分(くぶん)される生物(せいぶつ)へと進化(しんか)していきました。

      The anthropoid apes eventually evolved into organisms that were classified in the lineage of humans. {system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)}

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