Kanji 専 specialty, exclusive, mainly Related words 専 is an internet-slang suffix meaning someone is exclusively obsessed with or fetishizes a thing, while マニア is the more general word for an enthusiast or fanatic and can stand alone as a noun.
専 implies an exclusive, often fetishistic devotion to one narrow thing, whereas 好き simply means liking something and carries no implication of exclusivity or subculture slang.
Word family· 52 specialty; field of expertise; major · exclusive focus; doing only; specializing solely in
exclusive use; private use; personal use · dedicated use; for a specific purpose; purpose-built · use only a particular product; exclusive use of a brand or material
major; specialization; field of study
exclusive; attached to; specialist
devote oneself; concentrate on; be absorbed in
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exclusive responsibility; special duty; being solely in charge · senior managing director; executive director
full-time; exclusive assignment; dedicated
technical college; kōsen · higher schools and colleges
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
despotism; autocracy
specialized course; specialised course · specialty item; something specialized for a specific use
specialization; major; specialized study
working exclusively for; working full-time for
exclusive possession; sole ownership; monopoly
exclusively defense-oriented policy; nonaggressive defense
undivided attention; concentration; devotion
acting arbitrarily; arbitrary action
arbitrariness; high-handedness; tyranny
decide or act on one's own authority; arbitrary decision
attraction to ugly people
housing-loan corporation
eight special days of the sexagenary cycle; inauspicious days with high rain probability
gaijin hunter; person who only dates foreigners
exclusively; with utmost care
vocational school graduate
full-time engineer; full-time technician
autocracy
arbitrary decision; acting on one's own authority
arbitrary exercise of power; autocratic authority
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Etymology The kanji 専 means 'exclusively' or 'solely'. The slang suffix usage likely derives from this meaning, indicating exclusive devotion. The obsolete noun sense is directly from the kanji's meaning of 'first' or 'foremost'.
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