特
special
- 牛cow
- 寺temple
- kun
- –
- on
- トクtoku
mnemonic
A COW (牛) at the TEMPLE (寺): the sacred bull is SPECIAL. "Toku" (トク) as in tokubetsu, special, and tokkyū, limited express.
examples
- 特にとくにtokuniespecially
- 特別とくべつtokubetsuspecial
- 特急とっきゅうtokkyūlimited express