I Love Kanji特別 (tokubetsu)
特別 (とくべつ, tokubetsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “special; particular”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とくべつ
- Romaji
- tokubetsu
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial · な-adjective, noun taking の, adverb, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 特別
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 特別だ | とくべつだ tokubetsuda |
| Present (polite) | 特別です | とくべつです tokubetsudesu |
| Negative | 特別じゃない | とくべつじゃない tokubetsujanai |
| Past | 特別だった | とくべつだった tokubetsudatta |
| Negative past | 特別じゃなかった | とくべつじゃなかった tokubetsujanakatta |
| Te-form | 特別で | とくべつで tokubetsude |
| Before a noun | 特別な | とくべつな tokubetsuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 特別に | とくべつに tokubetsuni |
Kanji in 特別
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 特別.
特にとくにparticularly特急とっきゅうlimited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)特徴とくちょうfeature特長とくちょうstrong point独特どくとくpeculiarity特殊とくしゅspecial特色とくしょくcharacteristic特定とくていspecific特売とくばいspecial sale特技とくぎspecial skill特産とくさんbeing produced in a particular region特集とくしゅうfeature (e.g. newspaper)特有とくゆうcharacteristic (of)特許とっきょpatent
Source: JMdict entry 1455280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.