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特に

とくに

specially, particularly

Mnemonic

A cow walks in through the temple gate while the rest of the herd stands out in the field. Out of forty of them they took とく Neil に, only Neil: とくに.

Worth knowing

Very often with a negative. 特に〜ない is not particularly. 別に べつに is the negative twin, not particularly.

Built from

special
牛 cow + 寺 temple

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