Characteristic
Trait
noun
Your special quality is your characteristics or your traits.
This is a formal word that refers to special properties that only a certain thing possesses, like the properties of steel as a material, or a certain person’s nature.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
これは、日本文化の特質と言えるでしょう。
This can be said to be a characteristic of Japanese culture.
全てのカルトには、何らかの共通の特質があるような気がします。
I feel like all cults have some common traits.
笑いは人間だけの特質なのかな？それとも動物も笑うのかな？
Is laughter a characteristic that only humans have, or can animals laugh as well?
有害物質と知られるまで、アスベストは、その優れた特質から「奇跡の繊維」として持て囃され、工業材料として大量に使用されていました。
Until it was recognized as a hazardous substance, asbestos was praised as a "miraculous fiber" due to its excellent characteristics and was widely used as an industrial material.