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特徴

とくちょう

characteristic, feature

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Examples

  1. この町の特徴は何ですか。

    このまちのとくちょうはなんですか。

    What are this town's features?

  2. この車の特徴は軽さだ。

    このくるまのとくちょうはかるさだ。

    The distinctive feature of this car is its lightness.

  3. 犯人の特徴を警察に伝えた。

    はんにんのとくちょうをけいさつにつたえた。

    I told the police the features of the suspect.

Common patterns

特徴がある
to have a distinctive feature
特徴を伝える
to describe the features
大きな特徴
a major characteristic

Memory tip

特徴 is what makes something stand out and lets you pick it from a crowd — a face, a product, a town. 性質 is the inner nature of a thing, which you may not be able to see at all.

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