noun, used as a suffix, suffix
Suffix attached to nouns to indicate a date, a fixed or external attachment, or a date of effect. Common in administrative and business contexts.
This document becomes effective as of April 1, 2024.
契約書に日付を記入してください。
Please fill in the date on the contract.
I bought an external hard disk.
tidying up; cleaning up; putting in order
naming; christening · fiancé; fiancée
positioning; placement; locating
supporting evidence; backing; proof
obligation; mandating; requirement
rating; ranking; grading; classification
nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut · being stationary; rooted to the spot; freezing · price pegging
artificial feeding; hand-feeding; taming by food · winning over with food; buttering up
coloring; adding color
attaching '-san' to a name; addressing with '-san'
bringing alongside; coming alongside; mooring
fleshing out; adding substance · modeling; sculpting
planting; cultivation
starching · pasting; gluing
weighting
gratuity; tip
livening up; cheering up; putting life into
send via someone; leave a message with someone · use as an excuse; make a pretext of
pagination; page numbering
ranking; grading; assigning a rank
paying double; paying N times as much
pricing; price positioning
appetizer; starter · post-dating; later date
front matter; preliminaries
side dish in kaiseki cuisine; dish placed farthest from the guest · sumo technique: forehead press and belt grab
addressing someone as '~kun'; using the familiar suffix '-kun'
external; externally attached
Standard kanji spelling for this suffix.
Abbreviated kanji form, often seen in compounds.
Derived from the verb 付ける (つける, 'to attach'), used as a suffix to indicate attachment, dating, or external addition.