ユニーク

also: ユニク · ユーニーク

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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

彼かれ

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ユニーク

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His ideas are always unique.

この店みせにはユニークな商しょう品ひんがたくさんある。

This shop has many unique products.

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.

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'.

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.