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b1 (merchant-like), 5 B 7 GP b1 (delinquent-like), zl7 1% b1
(adult-like), %%7 GPb1 (geisha-like), 'g7 GPba (dusty), b1fzf

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7 CPL.1 (brownish), %7 CPb1 (feverish 1 enthusiastic), ,&& 7 CP
b1 (peevish)
(3) Adj(i)stem + ppoi (restricted to adjectives of color and shape
except %7 Gab1 (cheapish))
L h I b'h
$7 dPb1 (whitish), $7 CEl.1 (redish), 3$7 GPb) (yellowish),
37 CPb1 (roundish), 7 lPb1 (squarish)
All the examples except yasuppoi can be also grouped under (2).

(4) Adj(na) + ppoi
& 7': 7 GPb' (coquettish), 3 F 7 GPba (affected), $& 7 tPb1
U. I:< Y<
(sarcastic), Ffim 7 GPbl (cynical), Cf .f 7 CXbl (vulgar), #7 GPb1

1: =* 6.h
% b 7 Gab3 (quick tempered), &kL 7 GPb1 (easily tired), 'KT 7
tPbl (apt to lose self-control), U)'j5"&7 CPb1 (apt to feel victim-

ized), #7 C9ba (dumpy)
The last example shime-ppoi is actually an irregular form, because the
expected form is *shirneri-ppoi.

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I. N + ppoi can be replaced by N + no ydna or by N + rashii, and N + fii
no, as shown in [l] below. Here, the choice of -ppoi expresses that the
man is manifesting the distinctive character of a yakuza. In that sense