What does 独特 mean?
独特 is a Japanese noun meaning “peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic” in English. It can also be translated as “understood only by oneself” depending on context. It is written as 独特 in kanji, どくとく in hiragana, and dokutoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentence
ナチズムはドイツ独特のものでしたか。
Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?