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Appendix 5 Affixes: Prefixes and SufYixes

Prefixes and suffixes are dependent, non-conjugational words attached to
nouns or the stems of verbs and adjectives in order to form new independent
words. There are many affixes in Japanese. The following list contains those
which are commonly used.
The entries below are listed in a-i-u-e-o order.

[polite prefix] (letter); &Y % (~MllfuI); $i:d(L~)
(busy) (+ o- (DBJG: 343-47))
d. hLL7 dl k i +?w
W !% % (a flammable thing); % fk (fu-
sibility; solubility)
fi. <
each; several %a (each country; various countries);&
&& (each room)
i,.tb%lSi
one E+ (one hand); R-fi (one of the two);
Fk! (a moment)
re<: 5s <
counter-; reverse 2k d% (counterproductive); 3 3 - X (re-
verse course)
I
r .,EL
[polite prefix] ((your) family); i~ikt~ (marriage);
E'T% (polite) (+ o- (DBJG: 343-47))
E*L It- LIi &*L 7t-b.k.
semi-; quasi-; @ & :R (semi-final); @ 52 (associate
associate member)
Lie7 V Lrf- fi.
many; several; 243R (many I various facilities); W&4
various (many I various prices)

bare &k! (bare feet); && 3 (unglazed (pottery))
it/rL* Lri +fL*v $
fprmer; last; ex- FiiiB $El (ex-prime minister); $8 tf4R (last
century)
*L; < XL ir~e~ti
whole; entire, full 52 El E (the whole nation); 2 A ti (the