ユニーク

also: ユニク · ユーニーク

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Describes something or someone that is distinctive, one-of-a-kind, or not like others. Often carries a positive nuance of originality.

ユニークな〈発はっ想そう〉a unique/original idea or way of thinking
彼かの女じょはいつもユニークな発はっ想そうで問もん題だいを解かい決けつする。
She always solves problems with a unique way of thinking.
ユニークな〈視し点てん〉a unique/original perspective
この映えい画がはユニークな視し点てんで戦せん争そうを描えがいている。
This movie depicts the war from a unique perspective.
ユニークな〈存そん在ざい〉a unique presence/entity, someone or something one-of-a-kind
彼かれはクラスの中なかでもユニークな存そん在ざいだ。
He's a truly unique presence even within his class.

独どく特とくN2
独特 is a native Japanese word for a distinctive or peculiar trait, while ユニーク is a loanword that leans toward a positive, creative sense of one-of-a-kindness.
オリジナル
オリジナル stresses being the first or an unaltered original, whereas ユニーク stresses being unlike anything else regardless of origin.
個こ性せい的てきN2
個性的 emphasizes a strong personal character or individuality, while ユニーク more broadly means one-of-a-kind or unusual.
珍めずらしいN4
珍しい simply means rare or uncommon, while ユニーク implies a distinctive quality that makes something stand out creatively.

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独どく創そう的てきN1
ユニーク is a casual loanword for 'unique' or 'unusual', while 独創的 is a more formal term praising genuine creative originality.
奇き抜ばつ
ユニーク is a lighter, more casual loanword for 'unique/original', while 奇抜 more strongly implies something jarringly out of the ordinary.
異い色しょく
ユニーク is a casual loanword meaning 'unique', while 異色 is more literary and implies standing out from an established norm.
斬ざん新しん
ユニーク focuses on being distinctively different or one-of-a-kind, while 斬新 focuses on the freshness and newness of the idea.

平へい凡ぼんN2
平凡 describes something ordinary or commonplace, the opposite of ユニーク's sense of being distinctive and one-of-a-kind.

Loanword from English 'unique'.