JLPT N3 · な-adjective

独特 (dokutoku)

独特 (どくとく, dokutoku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “peculiarity; uniqueness”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: どくとく
Romaji: dokutoku
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective

Example sentences

ナチズムはドイツ独特のものでしたか。

Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?

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

Conjugation of 独特

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	独特だ	どくとくだ dokutokuda
Present (polite)	独特です	どくとくです dokutokudesu
Negative	独特じゃない	どくとくじゃない dokutokujanai
Past	独特だった	どくとくだった dokutokudatta
Negative past	独特じゃなかった	どくとくじゃなかった dokutokujanakatta
Te-form	独特で	どくとくで dokutokude
Before a noun	独特な	どくとくな dokutokuna
Adverb (~ni)	独特に	どくとくに dokutokuni

Kanji in 独特

独

single, alone, spontaneouslyドク・トク・ひと.り · 9 strokes

特

specialトク · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 独特.

独身どくしんunmarried独立どくりつindependence独りひとりone person独り言ひとりごとsoliloquy孤独こどくsolitude独裁どくさいdictatorship独自どくじoriginal独占どくせんmonopoly独創どくそうoriginality単独たんどくsole特にとくにparticularly特急とっきゅうlimited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)特別とくべつspecial特徴とくちょうfeature

Source: JMdict entry 1456010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.