独特

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See also: 獨特

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 獨特 (“unique; distinctive; singular”).
(This term is the simplified form of 獨特).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どく
Grade: 5
とく
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
獨特 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(どく)(とく) (dokutoku-na (adnominal (どく)(とく) (dokutoku na), adverbial (どく)(とく) (dokutoku ni))

  1. unique, peculiar (to someone)
  2. inimitable

Inflection

Noun

(どく)(とく) (dokutoku

  1. uniqueness
  2. inimitability

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN