特とく異い

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Describes something that stands out as distinctly different from others, often with a nuance of being unusual or exceptional. Can be used for people, characteristics, or phenomena.

Related words· 7

独どく特とくN2

独特 highlights a distinctive quality that often has a positive or neutral flavor, while 特異 leans toward unusual or anomalous.

特とく別べつN4

特別 means 'special' in a broad sense, often implying favorable treatment, whereas 特異 focuses on being inherently odd or singular.

異い常じょうN3

異常 stresses deviation from a norm in a often negative or clinical way, while 特異 can be neutral or even admiring of the uniqueness.

異い例れいN1

異例 describes something that breaks with normal precedent or practice, while 特異 describes something distinctively unusual or unique in character.

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異い質しつ
特異 highlights being unusual or exceptional, while 異質 focuses on being fundamentally unlike the surrounding context.
異い色しょく
特異 conveys 'singular' or 'unusual' in a more clinical or statistical sense, while 異色 highlights striking difference from a group's norm.
破は格かく
特異 describes something unique or peculiar in nature, while 破格 specifically frames it as a break from an expected standard or convention.

Opposites

普ふ通つうN4

普通 means 'ordinary/common', the direct opposite of 特異's sense of standing out as unusual.

平へい凡ぼんN2

平凡 describes something mediocre or unremarkable, contrasting with 特異's implication of striking distinctiveness.

正せい則そく

In mathematics, a 特異 (singular) matrix is the opposite of a 正則 (invertible) matrix.

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