～化 : "-ization"・ ～風 "In the style of..."

Introduction

I know you're a big fan of suffixes so I pulled some strings and now I've got two awesome suffixes for you today: ～化か and ～風ふう. Go ahead and read on to find out what they mean!

～化か: We need to "izify"! More "izification"!

Structure

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  Noun化か(する)
  Example:
  → 日本にほんは少子しょうし化かが進すすんでいる。
  ”Birth rates in Japan continue to decline.”

First up is ～化か! 化か indicates that something is changing in some way, and is used in words like 進化しんか ("evolution") and 化学かがく ("chemistry"). When we attach 化か to a noun and use it as a suffix, it means "-izification" or "-ification". And we can do this with pretty much any noun! Fun! Here are some common combos to start us off: