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Prefixes and suffixes — 接頭語・接尾語②

Total and semi-, quasi- and pro-, per-, -wise, -ish, -oriented, -based, -run. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

そう noun
総 total, overall (総額, 総数)
じゅん noun
準 semi-, associate (準決勝, 準社員)
そう noun
~層 stratum, band (若年層, 読者層)
か noun
過 over-, excess (過労, 過信)
ひ noun
被 the one acted upon (被害者, 被験者)
たい noun
対 versus, towards (対日, 対策)
はん noun
反 anti- (反対派, 反戦)
は noun
~派 faction, school (反対派, 保守派)
しん noun
新 new (新制度, 新体制)
きゅう noun
旧 former, old (旧制度)
じょう noun
~上 from the standpoint of (法律上, 事実上)
か noun
~下 under (管理下, 影響下)
べつ noun
~別 by, per (国別, 年齢別)
ごと noun
~毎 every, each (一年毎)
しだい noun
~次第 depending on (天気次第)
むき noun
~向き suited to, facing (南向き, 初心者向き)
ぞい noun
~沿い along (川沿い, 線路沿い)
こみ noun
~込み including (税込み, 送料込み)
ばなれ noun
~離れ moving away from (若者の車離れ)
ぶり noun
~ぶり after an interval; the way of doing (三年ぶり)
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Prefixes and suffixes — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
former, old (旧制度)
noun
faction, school (反対派, 保守派)
noun
suited to, facing (南向き, 初心者向き)
noun
depending on (天気次第)
noun
after an interval; the way of doing (三年ぶり)
noun
under (管理下, 影響下)
noun
the one acted upon (被害者, 被験者)
noun
semi-, associate (準決勝, 準社員)
noun
stratum, band (若年層, 読者層)
noun
every, each (一年毎)
noun
2    What does it mean?
反
~込み
~別
対
総
~上
新
~沿い
~離れ
過
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