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-ical
Suffixな-Adjective

Definitions

  1. 1. -ical
  2. 2. -ive
  3. 3. -like
  4. 4. (something) like
This suffix is attached to nouns to create na-adjectives meaning "-ic," "-al," or "-like," similar to "-like" or "-ish" in English. For example, it can turn a noun meaning "science" into a word meaning "scientific."

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Could you write it as specifically as possible?

Sentence 2

By evening, I'm just physically done.

Sentence 3

She smiled and said, "It was a fateful encounter."

Sentence 4

"It was so moving!" — everyone was in tears.

Sentence 5

Wait, is there even enough time?!