独どく特とく

どくとく dokutoku

peculiarity
uniqueness
characteristic

nounの-adjectiveな-adjective

Chinese meanings

独特；特有

Examples

Furigana

ナチズムはドイツ独特のものでしたか。
Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?
纳粹主义是德国独有的吗？
Tatoeba #199122
そういう習しゅう慣かんは米べい国こく人じん独どく特とくではない。
Such a custom is not peculiar to the Americans.
那样的习惯并非美国人独有。
Tatoeba #213920

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5bd987a58a'); // 独特

{
  "id": "5bd987a58a",
  "word": "独特",
  "reading": "どくとく",
  "romaji": "dokutoku",
  "meanings": [
    "peculiarity",
    "uniqueness",
    "characteristic"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no",
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1456010,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ナチズムはドイツ独特のものでしたか。",
      "en": "Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?",
      "tatoeba_id": 199122
    },
    {
      "ja": "そういう習慣は米国人独特ではない。",
      "furigana": "そういう{習慣|しゅうかん}は{米国人|べいこくじん}{独特|どくとく}ではない。",
      "en": "Such a custom is not peculiar to the Americans.",
      "tatoeba_id": 213920
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "d669986cc6922743e2aa5007ef2be6200e16405e831d5881aca78ff7754f05b5",
    "meanings": [
      "独特",
      "特有"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ナチズムはドイツ独特のものでしたか。",
        "zh": "纳粹主义是德国独有的吗？"
      },
      {
        "ja": "そういう習慣は米国人独特ではない。",
        "zh": "那样的习惯并非美国人独有。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/5bd987a58a",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "78ed4392222dcf39b2a7fbbc85451752f40b180b337702c3e39a984d09a38c08"
  }
}