particular

特定の

ほかでもない、ある決まった人や物を指す。

やさしい英語で： Used to show that you mean one exact person or thing.

• I like that particular colour.
• Was there a particular reason for calling?
• That particular shop closes early on Fridays.

類義語： specific, certain

反対語： general

よく使う表現： this particular case, a particular person, that particular day, a particular model

特別な

普通より重要だったり、特にある人や物に関わっていたりする。

やさしい英語で： Greater or more important than usual, or connected especially with one person or thing.

• This issue needs particular attention.
• She took particular pleasure in helping children.
• There was no particular reason for my visit.

類義語： special, especially great

よく使う表現： of particular importance, take particular interest, no particular reason, no particular order

好みがうるさい、こだわりの強い

慎重に選び、気に入ったものやよいと思うものしか受け入れない。

やさしい英語で： If someone is like this, they choose carefully and accept only what they like or think is good.

• She is very particular about food.
• He has always been particular about his clothes.
• Are you particular about where you sit?

使い方： particular about something (My father is particular about his coffee.)

類義語： fussy, choosy, picky

反対語： easygoing

よく使う表現： particular about food, very particular, particular about something

特に、とりわけ

「in particular」で、ある人や物に特に注目することを表す。

やさしい英語で： In the expression "in particular", used to give special attention to one person or thing.

• I enjoyed the music in particular.
• Is there anything in particular you need?
• Two pictures in particular caught her attention.

使い方： someone/something in particular (One student in particular needed help.)

よく使う表現： in particular, nothing in particular, someone in particular

詳細、事項

物事についての細かな情報。普通は複数形で使う。

やさしい英語で： One small piece of information about something; usually used in the plural.

• Please send us your particulars.
• The two accounts differ in several particulars.
• She checked every particular before signing the form.

類義語： detail

よく使う表現： every particular, in every particular, one important particular

個物

集団全体や一般的な考えから切り離して捉える、一つの物や事例。

やさしい英語で： A single thing or case, considered separately from a whole group or general idea.

• A particular is an individual thing.
• The philosopher distinguished particulars from universals.
• This theory explains how each particular belongs to a class.

類義語： individual, instance

反対語： universal

よく使う表現： a concrete particular, an individual particular, particular and universal