JLPT N2 · な-adjective

格別 (kakubetsu)

格別 (かくべつ, kakubetsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “particular; special”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かくべつ
Romaji: kakubetsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

particular; special; exceptional; especial · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
particularly; especially; exceptionally · adverb

Example sentences

暑い日の生ビールの味はまた格別だ。

Draft beer tastes especially good on a hot day.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 格別

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	格別だ	かくべつだ kakubetsuda
Present (polite)	格別です	かくべつです kakubetsudesu
Negative	格別じゃない	かくべつじゃない kakubetsujanai
Past	格別だった	かくべつだった kakubetsudatta
Negative past	格別じゃなかった	かくべつじゃなかった kakubetsujanakatta
Te-form	格別で	かくべつで kakubetsude
Before a noun	格別な	かくべつな kakubetsuna
Adverb (~ni)	格別に	かくべつに kakubetsuni

Kanji in 格別

格

status, rank, capacityカク・コウ · 10 strokes

別

separate, branch off, divergeベツ・わか.れる・わ.ける · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 格別.

格好かっこうshape格かくstatus性格せいかくcharacter (of a person)価格かかくprice合格ごうかくpassing (an exam)資格しかくqualifications同格どうかくthe same rank格差かくさqualitative difference規格きかくstandard人格じんかくpersonality体格たいかくbuild失格しっかくdisqualification本格ほんかくoriginal method別べつdistinction

Source: JMdict entry 1205490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.