(English) per se

"by himself/herself/itself"  "on his/her own"
Per se means intrinsically or belonging to the essential nature of a thing.

"I'm not a cat owner per se, but several neighbourhood cats visit me and I always feed them and welcome them into my home."

"Sherloc will not be searching for life per se--only for the trail it leaves behind."

You could probably roughly substitute the words "as such" or "exactly" in most sentences for per se.