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独特 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
独特
BOOST
Reading : どくとく   
1. peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
2. understood only by oneself  (this meaning is restricted to form 独得)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 142,154 which gives a rank of 1,224
独特 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 5,000 (about 169,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3433 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3843
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
この
さけ
どくとく
独特
あじ
わい
ある
This liquor has a taste all of its own.
レモン
どくとく
独特
ふうみ
風味
ある
The lemon has a flavor all of its own.
その
どくとく
独特
みりょく
魅力
ある
The picture has a charm of its own.
どくとく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 179,000 (about 402,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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独得
BOOST
Reading : どくとく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 97,000 (about 2,020,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ドク   ひと alone   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
トク    special   
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ギュウ   うし cow   
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
トク    profit   え    う to acquire   
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step
an inch at dawn
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タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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