特約

Chinese

special; unusual; extraordinary
special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal
 
appointment; agreement; to arrange
appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
 
trad. (特約)
simp. (特约)

Pronunciation


Verb

特約

  1. (often attributive) to engage by special arrangement
    特約評論員特约评论员  ―  tèyuē pínglùnyuán  ―  special commentator

Derived terms

  • 特約商店 / 特约商店
  • 特約演員 / 特约演员

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とく
Grade: 4
やく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [to̞kɯ̟ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

(とく)(やく) • (tokuyaku

  1. special agreement; special contract
    • 2025 May 14, 吉川里奈 [Rina Yoshikawa], quotee, “第217回国会 衆議院 国土交通委員会法務委員会連合審査会 第1号 令和7年5月14日 [217th Diet, House of Representatives, Joint Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Judicial Affairs, No. 1, May 14, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 17 September 2025:
      こうした中、実際に住む人に向けて短期転売を防ぐ特約を設ける事業者も出ております。
      Kō shita naka, jissai ni sumu hito ni mukete tanki tenbai o fusegu tokuyaku o mōkeru jigyōsha mo dete ori masu.
      In this situation, some businesses have started to provide special clauses to prevent short-term resale for those who will actually live in the property.

Verb

(とく)(やく)する • (tokuyaku surutransitive suru (stem (とく)(やく) (tokuyaku shi), past (とく)(やく)した (tokuyaku shita))

  1. make a special contract with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "特約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 特約し とくやくし tokuyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 特約し とくやくし tokuyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 特約する とくやくする tokuyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 特約する とくやくする tokuyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 特約すれ とくやくすれ tokuyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 特約せよ¹
特約しろ²
とくやくせよ¹
とくやくしろ²
tokuyaku seyo¹
tokuyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 特約される とくやくされる tokuyaku sareru
Causative 特約させる
特約さす
とくやくさせる
とくやくさす
tokuyaku saseru
tokuyaku sasu
Potential 特約できる とくやくできる tokuyaku dekiru
Volitional 特約しよう とくやくしよう tokuyaku shiyō
Negative 特約しない とくやくしない tokuyaku shinai
Negative continuative 特約せず とくやくせず tokuyaku sezu
Formal 特約します とくやくします tokuyaku shimasu
Perfective 特約した とくやくした tokuyaku shita
Conjunctive 特約して とくやくして tokuyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 特約すれば とくやくすれば tokuyaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative