prefix:

• thermo-

noun:

• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星宿・二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• Singapore

noun / prefix:

• interlock

noun / prefix noun:

• chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass ➜ 鶏がら

noun:

• poor-quality coke (coal)

suffix:

• left-overs; remnants

noun:

• multi-tiered food box; stacked boxes - abbreviation ➜ 重箱

prefix noun:

• heavy
• serious; extreme

suffix / counter:

• -fold; -ply - counter for layers in the ichi-ni-san counting system ➜ 重【え】

prefix:

• techno-

noun:

• techno
• techno-pop - abbreviation ➜ テクノポップ

~と adverb / adverb:

• bang; bam; boom; thud; thump; crash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• noontime signal gun (early Meiji to early Showa); noontime signal shot

prefix:

• precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very ➜ ど

suffix:

• Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san ［どん］ - southern Kyushu equiv. of -さん - honorific language - familiar language ➜ 殿【どの】

prefix:

• indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

prefix:

• surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
• per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

noun / prefix noun / suffix noun:

• (United States of) America; USA ➜ アメリカ・米国

~の noun / prefix:

• neuromuscular

prefix:

• small; little; slight ➜ 小皿
• slightly less than; just about ➜ 小半日・弱【じゃく】
• somewhat; somehow ➜ こざっぱり
• minor; petty - sometimes derogatory ➜ 小役人

counter:

• counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) - honorific language

noun:

• first name

prefix:

• famous; great ➜ 名探偵

suffix:

• name ➜ コード名・学校名

noun:

• noun - part of speech tag used in dictionaries - abbreviation ➜ 名詞

prefix:

• small; little; few

noun:

• phi

prefix / suffix:

• diameter (units assumed, esp. mm) - confusion with ⌀ (ø), properly prefix read まる, also pronounced パイ

suffix:

• high school - abbreviation ➜ 高等学校

prefix:

• high- ➜ 高レベル

noun / prefix noun:

• European

noun:

• youth
• child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)

prefix noun / suffix noun:

• young; new

noun:

• vidya (wisdom) - Buddhism term
• mantra ➜ 真言

prefix:

• the coming (4th of July, etc.)

noun:

• young child (esp. a young girl) - archaism

prefix:

• young

prefix:

• sub-
• -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite

prefix noun:

• multi-purpose

suffix noun / prefix noun / noun:

• shaving; planing; cutting
• shavings; flakes

prefix:

• tremendous; huge