ABSTRACT

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Coordinating: ‘X and Y’ (e.g. X to Y)

Subordinating: ‘X modifies Y (e.g. X no Y or X (=Adj.) Y)

X is the subject of Y: ‘X does/is Y’ (e.g. X ga Y)

X is the object of action Y: ‘(someone) does Y to X’ (e.g. X o Y)

Other

Example 1: b 青空 ao-zora ‘blue sky’ (blue + sky)

Example 2: d 絵描き e-kaki ‘(picture) painter’ (picture + paint)

Example 3: e 衝動買い shoudou-gai ‘impulse buying’ (impulse + buy)

雨降り ame-furi ‘rainy’ (rain + fall)

朝日 asa-hi ‘morning sun’ (morning + sun)

円高 en-daka ‘high yen exchange rate’ (yen + high)

田畑 ta-hata ‘field’ (rice field + vegetable, etc. field)

手書き te-gaki ‘hand-written’ (hand + write)

花見 hana-mi ‘cherry blossom viewing’ (flower/cherry blossom + view)

本箱 hon-bako ‘bookcase’ (book + box)

卵焼き tamago-yaki ‘fried egg’ (egg + fry)

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