Illustration: In a Japanese farm packing shed, a grower examines a freshly harvested daikon whose root has grown into an extraordinary tight spiral. A row of ordinary straight daikon lies across the same workbench, with leafy tops and traces of soil matching the unusual specimen.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

特とく異い

tokui

unusual, distinctive

Example sentences

  1. マイヤーとその同僚どうりょうの研究けんきゅうは特異とくいなものだった。

    The study by Meyer and his colleagues was unusual.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その意味いみにおいて、中世説話集ちゅうせいせつわしゅうの中なかでも特異とくいな存在そんざいである。

    In that sense, among all the medieval collections of setsuwa tales this one stands out as unique.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 初層はつそう・二層にそう・三層さんそうのそれぞれに異ことなる様式ようしきを採用さいようした特異とくいな建築けんちくである。

    The lower, middle and top floors of the characteristic building each feature a different style.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 特異

  • 特specialOnトク
  • 異uncommon; differentOnイKunこと・ことなる・け

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