No. 2,696 in Japanese
特定
"Specific" or "identification."
In a sentence
この質問には特定の回答があります。
This question has a specific answer.
In this sentence, '特定' is used as an adjective meaning 'specific' to describe the type of answer.
警察は犯人の間取りを特定した。
The police identified the suspect's whereabouts.
Here '特定' is used as a verb meaning 'to identify or pinpoint', as part of the action performed by the police.
データ特定の過程が必要です。
The process of determining the data is necessary.
In this case, '特定' is used as a noun within a compound noun phrase, signifying the act or process of specification.
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