Meanings
Suffix
1. action of making something; -ification
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (544 in total)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
chemistry
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
beautification; glorification
rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers)
cell encapsulation; conversion into cells
influencing people by one's virtue
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
warming; global warming
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
bleaching; whitening; chlorosis; albinism
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
optimization; optimisation
initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting
becoming dull; slowing down
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
dissimilation; catabolism; dissimilation (phonology); defamiliarization (artistic technique); ostranenie
dollarization
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
encryption; encipherment; password protection
urbanization; urbanisation
privatization; privatisation
encoding; coding
nullification; annihilation
rasterization
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
embodiment; realization; materialization
unification; integration
justification; warrant
influence (on someone); inspiration
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
swelling; enlargement
change; transformation; inversion
making practical; making useful; implementing
incubation; hatching
intensification; aggravation
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
calming down; quieting down
crystallization
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
aging; wearing out; deterioration
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
verbalizing; putting into words
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
personification; anthropomorphization
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
making efficient; optimization
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
increase in activity; activation
simplification
automation
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
modernization; modernisation
deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
oxidation; oxidization
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
suppuration; festering; coming to head
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
complication
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
simplification
democratization; democratisation
deification
realization; realisation
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
digitization; digitalization
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
growth; metamorphosis
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
purification; refining; simplification
differentiation
normalization; normalisation
stabilization; stabilisation
lengthening
different culture; foreign culture
increase in speed, acceleration
diversification
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
insourcing
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
liquefaction; liquefy
visualization; visualisation
imperial influence; assimilation of new territory
increasing in size
identification (with)
benighted lands outside of imperial influence
liquefaction
electronization; digitization; computerization
externalization
mummification
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
fortifying; fortification
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization
popularization; popularisation
idealization; idealisation
digitization
depopulation; declining population
clarification; definition
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
fluoridation
desertification
maximization; maximisation
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
publish in paperback
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
becoming cancerous; canceration
population ageing (aging)
making into a product
chloride
feminization; feminisation
colonization; colonisation
modelling (e.g. a system, etc.)
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
globalization; globalisation
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
homogenization; homogenisation
vitrification
making obligatory; making compulsory
legalization; legalisation
domestication
Japanization; Japanisation
validation
turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game; gamification
computerization; computerisation
minimization; minimisation
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
popularization; popularisation
destabilization; destabilisation
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
standardization; standardisation
systematisation; systematization
sanctification; consecration
novelizing; novelising
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
universalization
restoration; return to health
chemical combination
becoming aware (of); becoming conscious (of); realization; conscientization; (formation of) critical consciousness
simplification
conceptualization; conceptualisation
obsolescence; becoming obsolete (of a product, etc.)
nationalization; nationalisation
making hollow; making meaningless; deindustrialization; deindustrialisation
fragmentation
standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization
symbolization; coding; encoding
standardization; standardisation; normalization (e.g. in maths)
specialization; specialisation
internalization
systematic implementation; institutionalization (e.g. way, method)
quantization; quantisation; quantizing
programming
formulation; formularization; formularisation
becoming chronic
leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization
objectification
bipolarization; bipolarisation
full automation; becoming unmanned; making (something) unmanned
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
virtualization; virtualisation
turning into a brand; branding
masculinization; virilization
moving into the black; becoming profitable
isolation
degradation; downfall
labor saving; labour saving
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
structuralization
inactivation
simplification
improvement; amelioration
animalization; animalisation
socialization; socialisation
increase in the average age of marriage
budgeting
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
ionization; ionisation
unification; centralization; centralisation
synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre; chemical fiber; chemical fibre
integration
homogenization (e.g. milk)
desalination; desalinization; desalting
voltinism
impersonation; personification
standardization; uniformalization
standardization; standardisation
objectivization; viewing objectively
stylization; to stylize; to conventionalize
parallelization
price reduction
documentation
make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
Japanese localization
calcification
individualization; individualisation
keratinization
idolization; idolisation
centralization of power; centralisation of power
Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15)
commercialization; commercialisation
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)
monetization; monetizing
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
refinement; purification; gentle persuasion; winning over; influence
becoming part of the standard inventory (of a product); becoming popular
multiplexing
popularization; popularisation
conversion to sugar; saccharification
computerization; computerisation
computerization; computerisation
Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation
verbification; verbing
many changes
thicken; concentrate
visualization; rendering visible (e.g. a problem); digitization
diversification
toughening the law; making the law stricter
industrialization; industrialisation
conservative swing; drift to the right; rightward trend
putting online (services, administrative functions, etc.); going online; digitalization; digitization
codification
westernization; westernisation
classifying in patterns; typification
modularization
securitization; securitisation
robotization; robotizing; automation
encapsulation
fluidization
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
giving shape to
encoding; codification
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
motorization
acclimatization; naturalization; acclimation
inactivity
duplication; to make redundant
duplication; redundancy
female-to-male gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
modernization; modernisation
ideation; process of forming and relating ideas; to ideate
dwarfing; stunting
becoming the objective; setting as a goal
smoothing (e.g. numbers)
equalization; equalisation
potassium cyanide
westernization
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
centralization
terraforming
nationalization; nationalisation
becoming its own goal
unification
decryption; decipherment; decoding
manpower reduction; personnel saving
nominalization
silicification
simplification; unification
decentralization
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
transition to domestic production; import substitution
differentiation
dramatization; dramatisation
adapting for TV; television adaptation
age lowering; reduction in age
becoming a permanent resident; becoming permanently settled; domiciliation
dehumanization
commercialization; commercialisation
Americanization; Americanisation
making something freely available (information, access to a competition, etc.)
Galapagosization; phenomenon of companies becoming overly specialized in developing products for the domestic market
commercialization; commercialisation
hydration
hydrogen cyanide
(lit.) doughnut phenomenon; combination of urban sprawl and inner-city decay
militarization; militarisation
recurrence relation; recurrence formula
communization; communisation
aggravation
burying; underground installation (cables, etc.)
banning (e.g. an organization); making something illegal
applied chemistry; adaptation
quantification (logic)
changing from free to paid (e.g. a service); starting to charge
making permanent
westernization; westernisation
poetization
commoditization; commodification
commoditization; commodification
composting
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
impoverishment
microminiaturization; micro-miniaturization
dividing into blocks; becoming a bloc; forming a bloc
localisation; localization; L10n (in IT)
sterilization
important intangible folk culture asset
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
increase in the average age of childbirth
vocalization; vocalisation; voicing
mechanization; mechanisation
customization; customisation
normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation
shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy; softening; release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)
gelatinization
incorporation; assimilation; internalization; making part of oneself
objectification; objectifying
objectification
objectification
caramelization; caramelisation
caramelization; caramelisation
evil influence
militarization; militarisation
sampling (e.g. in signal processing)
synchronization
refinement; elaboration
marginalization
McDonaldization (institutions in society becoming standardized and focused on efficiency and predictability)
suburbanization
simplification; simplifying
putting in order; systemize; systemise
chemical engineering
bromination
iodization; iodisation
parallel evolution
demutualization; becoming incorporated
keratinization; cornification
chemical seasoning
assimilation; incorporation
methylation
worsening
simplification
acetylation
nitration
hydrogenation
modelling; modeling
lignification
lignification
indeclinable
oxygenation
decentralization (of power); decentralisation
writing into law; codification; enacting
Balkanization
extreme population aging (ageing)
merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period
multilingualization; multilingualisation; localization; localisation
gelling agent; gellatinizing agent; setting agent; gellant
putting into print; setting in type; printing; publishing
foregrounding
electrification (esp. in the auto industry)
staging a story; filming a story
organizational inertia; organisational inertia
(speed) optimization
iconization; minimization
instantiation (in object-oriented programming)
localization
adding of value
integration, e.g. of electronic components into integrated circuits
quantification
obfuscation
nasalization
vacuolation; vacuolization
Americanization
urbanization control area; urban control area
leftward shift; liberal trend
layering; stratification; sheafification
personalization; personalisation; product stopping being a luxury item
ossification
diagonalisation; diagonalization
polarization; polarisation; lining up with
cyclization; cyclisation
halogenation
esterification
damping; muffling; noise-reduction
multimedization
canonization (in a textual sense)
increase in the level of academic achievement; popularisation of higher education
acidification
generalization (psychology, linguistics, etc.)
giving guidance; explaining
recycling; resource recovery
becoming more difficult (e.g. exam); increasing difficulty
tendency to not get married; declining marriage rate
individualization (of a task or job; as opposed to standardization); personalization
randomized controlled trial
salinization
low carbonization
encryption; coding; password
enlargement; expansion
normalization; normalisation
(high) tariff protection; tariff jumping
motorization; motorisation
regularisation; regularization
transubstantiation
multiculturalism
nonassimilation
gelatinization; gelatinisation
vocalization; vocalisation
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
standardization; standardisation
multipolarization; multipolarisation
subcategorization; subcategorisation
changing something to full remote control
scapegoating
alkylation
silver cyanide
mercury cyanide
sulfonation
racemization; racemisation
ortho-normalization; ortho-normalisation
shrinking family (size)
(nuclear fuel) enrichment
chromic anhydride (CrO3)
potassium ferricyanide (C6FeK3N6)
potassium ferrocyanide
sulfur trioxide (SO3)
marginalization
binary-coded decimal code
binary coded decimal; BCD
binary-coded decimal representation
binary-coded decimal notation
segmentation
data materialization
digitization; digitisation; digital transformation; modernizing (society, etc.) with the use of IT
romanisation; romanization; transcribing into the Latin script
RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
industry standardization
time division multiplexing; TDM
quantification theory
equalization
two stage configuration
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
orthogonalized plane wave; OPW
categorization
diazotization
phosphine; phosphane; diphosphine; diphosphane; solid hydrogen phosphides (a yellow powder)
fasciation
bulking
sustained virological response; SVR
isomerization; isomerisation
phase equalization
zinc selenide
one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)
change toward a borderless world; development of a borderless world
decontextualization
contextualization
time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)
demythologization; demythicization
stock conversion; conversion to stock
oxidative phosphorylation
indexation
privatization
moving to a market-oriented economy; market-oriented economic reform
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime
caseation
benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign
sulfation; sulphation
denuclearization; denuclearisation
transformation of the population of Japan into idiots (because of television)
normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people
Finlandization
Disneyfication
subnormal number; denormal number; denormalized number
labialization
palatalization
earthquake proofing
topicalization
linearization
simplified Chinese character
polyvinylidene fluoride; polyvinylidene difluoride; PVDF
glocalization
devoicing; unvoicing
Westernization of food; Westernization of dietary habits
salinization
randomized controlled trial
rendering plant for livestock carcasses
decarbonization
labialization
Examples (3 in total)
The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.
Our chief concern should be the aging of society.
Should the Suez and Panama Canals be internationalized?