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点てん means "point" is a formal/polite way to refer to an "aspect" of something.

🥨 点てん may attach any casual form of a verb/い-adjective, to nouns using の, or to な-adjective using な.

E.g. 分わからない点てんがあれば、聞きいてください。"If there is anything you don't understand, please ask."

E.g. 良よくなかった点てんは直なおした方ほうがいいよ。 "You should fix the things that weren't good."

点てん may be followed by various particles depending on how a given sentence uses the "aspect" that 点てん refers to.

E.g. 年会費ねんかいひがずっと上あがらない点てんが嬉うれしい。 "I'm happy about the fact that the annual fee will never go up."

E.g. 重要じゅうような点てんは住すみやすさです。 "The important aspect is ease of living."

The ～という点てん pattern is also possible, and forms "in terms of X" or "X is ... in that... Y" type statements.

E.g. あのカフェは朝あさ5時じから開あいているという点てんでとても便利べんりだ。 "That cafe is very convenient in that it opens from 5 a.m."

～という点てん is also commonly used to compare two things.

E.g. このすし屋やとあのすし屋やは、ネタが大おおきくて新鮮しんせんだという点てんで共通きょうつうしている。 "This sushi place and that sushi place are the same in that their toppings are big and fresh."

Summary

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  点てん is a formal/polite way to refer to an "aspect" of something

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  点てん may attach any casual form of a verb/い-adjective, to nouns using の, or to な-adjective using な

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  The ～という点てん pattern forms "in terms of X" or "X is ... in that... Y" type statements

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  ～という点てん is also commonly used to compare two things