How to say "uniqueness" in Japanese

• 独特どくとくJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers uniqueness as distinctiveness: the quality of being peculiar to one thing and unlike any other. Fits a style, atmosphere, or approach that is recognizably its own, sometimes with a hint of the unusual.
  ナチズムはドイツ独特どくとくのものでしたか。↗

  Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?
• 味あじJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounReally means flavor, and by extension charm or appeal; it fits 'uniqueness' only when the point is a thing's attractive, distinctive character, and is seldom the word for plain one-of-a-kind uniqueness.

Choose 独特 for uniqueness as plain distinctiveness, being unlike anything else; 味 reaches 'uniqueness' only through its core senses of flavor and charm, so use it when the distinctive quality is itself appealing.

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• 独特どくとくpeculiarity
• 独自色どくじしょくuniqueness
• 独自性どくじせいoriginality
• 味あじcharm