How to say "particularly" in Japanese

• 特にとくにJLPT N4approx.Common
  adverbThe all-purpose word for 'particularly' or 'especially' when you single one thing out from others; it also covers 'in particular' and, in a separate use, 'expressly'.
  私は音楽おんがく、特とくにロックが大好だいすきだ。↗

  I love music, especially rock.
• とりわけJLPT N1approx.Common
  adverbEmphasizes that one thing stands out above all the rest; close to 特に but with a stronger 'above all' feel, and it is normally written in kana alone.
  とりわけ子供こどもたちは愛情あいじょうを必要ひつようとする。↗

  Above all, children need love.
• に限ってにかぎってCommon
  expressionReally means 'only' or 'in the case of', restricting a statement to one specific instance or occasion; it is seldom the word you want for plain 'particularly'.
  夜よる寝ねれない時ときに限かぎって、時計とけいのカチカチいう音おとが気きになるものだ。↗

  It's only when I can't sleep at night that the ticking of the clock becomes loud enough to bother me.
• 殊にことにJLPT N1approx.Common
  adverbCovers 'especially' and 'particularly' with the extra sense of 'unusually': it highlights something to a striking degree, standing above all the rest.
• 中でもなかでもCommon
  expression, adverbPicks one thing out from among a group — its core idea is 'among (other things)' — so it suits statements singling out the most notable member of a set.
  私は夢ゆめの中なかでも踊おどっていたと思おもいます。↗

  I think I was dancing in my sleep.

Choose 「特に」 as the all-purpose word for 'particularly/especially'; 「とりわけ」, 「殊に」 and 「中でも」 stress something standing out (「中でも」 within a group), while 「に限って」 really means 'only, in the case of' and rarely fits.

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• 特にとくにparticularly
• とりわけespecially
• に限ってにかぎってparticularly
• 殊にことにespecially
• 中でもなかでもamong (other things)
• 中にもなかにもamong (other things)
• 何しろなにしろin any case
• 取り立ててとりたててparticularly
• 立てだてparticularly
• わけてabove all
• なかんずくespecially
• 別してべっしてespecially
• 取り分けてとりわけてespecially
• それこそespecially
• 立ててたててespecially
• いつにも増していつにもましてmore than usual
• わけてもespecially
• そうそうso much
• なにせin any case
• ひときわconspicuously
• 格別かくべつparticularly
• ことさらespecially