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特徴付ける

特徴づける

Reading

Kana: とくちょうづける
Romaji: tokuchōzukeru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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to make characteristic; to characterize

Kanji

Reading: トク
Meaning: special
Readings: チョウ、 チ、 しるし
Meanings: indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question
Readings: フ、 つ.ける、 -つ.ける、 -づ.ける、 つ.け、 つ.け-、 -つ.け、 -づ.け、 -づけ、 つ.く、 -づ.く、 つ.き、 -つ.き、 -つき、 -づ.き、 -づき
Meanings: adhere, attach, refer to, append

Example Sentences

ここ(すう)月間(かげつかん)、アメリカの金融(きんゆう)政策(せいさく)信用(しんよう)()()めで特徴(とくちょう)づけられている。
➥Monetary policy in United States has been characterized by tight credit over the months.
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よき理論(りろん)というものは、観察(かんさつ)によればだいたいのところ(あやま)りや()正確(せいかく)であるとされるような(おお)くの予言(よげん)()()すという事実(じじつ)によって特徴(とくちょう)づけられる。
➥A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.
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()まれながらの紳士(しんし)特徴(とくちょう)づけるのは、(なに)()につけているかということよりも、むしろどのようにそれを()につけているかということである。
➥It is not men's faults that ruin them so much as the manner in which they conduct themselves after the faults have been committed.
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