特定

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Chinese

special; unusual; extraordinary
special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal
 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
trad. (特定) 特 定
simp. #(特定) 特 定

Pronunciation

Adjective

特定

  1. (attributive) specific; particular; certain; designated; special

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特 定
とく
Grade: 4 		てい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

特(とく)定(てい) • (tokutei) 

  1. a certain one, particular one, specific one

Synonyms

Verb

特(とく)定(てい)する • (tokutei suru) suru (stem 特(とく)定(てい)し (tokutei shi), past 特(とく)定(てい)した (tokutei shita))

  1. specify, identify, determine
    被害者(ひがいしゃ)の住所(じゅうしょ)を特定(とくてい)する
    higaisha no jūsho o tokutei suru
    to pinpoint their victim's address
    写真(しゃしん)から場所(ばしょ)を特定(とくてい)する
    shashin kara basho o tokutei suru
    to determine the location from a photograph
    • 2023, “匿名M”, in ピノキオピー [PinocchioP] (lyrics), META [META]‎, performed by 初音ミク [Hatsune Miku] and ARuFa [ARuFa]:
      匿名M(とくめいエム)です。特定(とくてい)しないでね。
      Tokumei Emu desu. Tokutei shinaide ne.
      I am Anonymous M. Please do not dox me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "特定する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 特定し とくていし tokutei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 特定し とくていし tokutei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 特定する とくていする tokutei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 特定する とくていする tokutei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 特定すれ とくていすれ tokutei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 特定せよ¹
特定しろ² 		とくていせよ¹
とくていしろ² 		tokutei seyo¹
tokutei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 特定される とくていされる tokutei sareru
Causative 特定させる
特定さす 		とくていさせる
とくていさす 		tokutei saseru
tokutei sasu
Potential 特定できる とくていできる tokutei dekiru
Volitional 特定しよう とくていしよう tokutei shiyō
Negative 特定しない とくていしない tokutei shinai
Negative continuative 特定せず とくていせず tokutei sezu
Formal 特定します とくていします tokutei shimasu
Perfective 特定した とくていした tokutei shita
Conjunctive 特定して とくていして tokutei shite
Hypothetical conditional 特定すれば とくていすれば tokutei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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