別に|べつにbetsuni[0]heiban (flat)
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- adverb(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) speciallywith neg. sentence
- adverbseparately; apart; additionally; extraソースを別にください。↗I'd like the sauce on the side.
- Antonym特にとくにNeutralNeutral. Highlights one thing in an affirmative sentence, as in 「特に好きだ」; 「別に」 usually pairs with a negation to mean 'not particularly'.
- AntonymとりわけWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means 'especially, above all', as in 「取り分け寒い日」; it singles something out, the opposite of negation-taking 「別に」.
Use 「別に」 with a negation to say something is not special, as in 「別に何もない」. To single something out in a positive statement, use 「特に」 or, in formal writing, 「取り分け」.
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