Meanings
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1. action of making something; -ification
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Top 2700
Used in vocabulary (563 in total)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
chemistry
embodiment; realization; materialization
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
unification; integration
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
justification; warrant
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
beautification; glorification
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
influence (on someone); inspiration
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
change; transformation; inversion
swelling; enlargement
making practical; making useful; implementing
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
intensification; aggravation
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
optimization; optimisation
aging; wearing out; deterioration
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
verbalizing; putting into words
calming down; quieting down
personification; anthropomorphization
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
making efficient; optimization
encryption; encipherment; password protection
increase in activity; activation
modernization; modernisation
oxidation; oxidization
deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
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
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
democratization; democratisation
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
realization; realisation
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
purification; refining; simplification
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
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
digitization; digitalization
growth; metamorphosis
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
differentiation
warming; global warming
normalization; normalisation
different culture; foreign culture
diversification
stabilization; stabilisation
increase in speed, acceleration
calming down; quieting down
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
becoming dull; slowing down
imperial influence; assimilation of new territory
liquefaction; liquefy
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
visualization; visualisation
benighted lands outside of imperial influence
identification (with)
electronization; digitization; computerization
liquefaction
increasing in size
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
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
popularization; popularisation
turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
digitization
depopulation; declining population
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
clarification; definition
idealization; idealisation
externalization
desertification
population ageing (aging)
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
publish in paperback
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
maximization; maximisation
feminization; feminisation
making into a product
modelling (e.g. a system, etc.)
colonization; colonisation
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
globalization; globalisation
aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening
making obligatory; making compulsory
homogenization; homogenisation
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
legalization; legalisation
vitrification
Japanization; Japanisation
chemical combination
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
computerization; computerisation
domestication
urbanization; urbanisation
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
bleaching; whitening; chlorosis; albinism
minimization; minimisation
becoming cancerous; canceration
popularization; popularisation
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
standardization; standardisation
sanctification; consecration
destabilization; destabilisation
systematisation; systematization
novelizing; novelising
privatization; privatisation
becoming aware (of); becoming conscious (of); realization; conscientization; (formation of) critical consciousness
universalization
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
simplification
conceptualization; conceptualisation
obsolescence; becoming obsolete (of a product, etc.)
turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game; gamification
nationalization; nationalisation
restoration; return to health
incubation; hatching
making hollow; making meaningless; deindustrialization; deindustrialisation
standardization; standardisation; normalization (e.g. in maths)
internalization
standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization
quantization; quantisation; quantizing
symbolization; coding; encoding
systematic implementation; institutionalization (e.g. way, method)
specialization; specialisation
becoming chronic
formulation; formularization; formularisation
leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization
full automation; becoming unmanned; making (something) unmanned
bipolarization; bipolarisation
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
masculinization; virilization
moving into the black; becoming profitable
turning into a brand; branding
labor saving; labour saving
degradation; downfall
structuralization
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
simplification
socialization; socialisation
animalization; animalisation
increase in the average age of marriage
encoding; coding
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre; chemical fiber; chemical fibre
voltinism
Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15)
improvement; amelioration
unification; centralization; centralisation
impersonation; personification
desalination; desalinization; desalting
objectivization; viewing objectively
standardization; standardisation
stylization; to stylize; to conventionalize
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
parallelization
Japanese localization
standardization; uniformalization
make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue
homogenization (e.g. milk)
ionization; ionisation
individualization; individualisation
centralization of power; centralisation of power
commercialization; commercialisation
idolization; idolisation
monetization; monetizing
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)
refinement; purification; gentle persuasion; winning over; influence
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
popularization; popularisation
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
conversion to sugar; saccharification
Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation
becoming cancerous; canceration
visualization; rendering visible (e.g. a problem); digitization
becoming part of the standard inventory (of a product); becoming popular
diversification
many changes
industrialization; industrialisation
toughening the law; making the law stricter
conservative swing; drift to the right; rightward trend
becoming cancerous; canceration
securitization; securitisation
dissimilation; catabolism; dissimilation (phonology); defamiliarization (artistic technique); ostranenie
modularization
westernization; westernisation
virtualization; virtualisation
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
classifying in patterns; typification
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
becoming the objective; setting as a goal
putting online (services, administrative functions, etc.); going online; digitalization; digitization
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
duplication; redundancy
modernization; modernisation
duplication; to make redundant
ideation; process of forming and relating ideas; to ideate
nullification; annihilation
encoding; codification
smoothing (e.g. numbers)
equalization; equalisation
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
potassium cyanide
manpower reduction; personnel saving
nationalization; nationalisation
nominalization
robotization; robotizing; automation
simplification; unification
female-to-male gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
transition to domestic production; import substitution
decryption; decipherment; decoding
dramatization; dramatisation
decentralization
age lowering; reduction in age
becoming a permanent resident; becoming permanently settled; domiciliation
computerization; computerisation
computerization; computerisation
encapsulation
commercialization; commercialisation
differentiation
mechanization; mechanisation
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
hydration
(lit.) doughnut phenomenon; combination of urban sprawl and inner-city decay
commercialization; commercialisation
recurrence relation; recurrence formula
verbification; verbing
making something freely available (information, access to a competition, etc.)
Galapagosization; phenomenon of companies becoming overly specialized in developing products for the domestic market
militarization; militarisation
banning (e.g. an organization); making something illegal
applied chemistry; adaptation
changing from free to paid (e.g. a service); starting to charge
quantification (logic)
communization; communisation
fluoridation
commoditization; commodification
poetization
westernization; westernisation
influencing people by one's virtue
vocalization; vocalisation; voicing
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
localisation; localization; L10n (in IT)
sterilization
microminiaturization; micro-miniaturization
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
acclimatization; naturalization; acclimation
burying; underground installation (cables, etc.)
dividing into blocks; becoming a bloc; forming a bloc
customization; customisation
normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation
incorporation; assimilation; internalization; making part of oneself
keratinization; cornification
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
objectification
sampling (e.g. in signal processing)
synchronization
simplification; simplifying
suburbanization
militarization; militarisation
refinement; elaboration
methylation
chemical seasoning
demutualization; becoming incorporated
assimilation; incorporation
chemical engineering
bromination
putting in order; systemize; systemise
layering; stratification; sheafification
rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers)
multilingualization; multilingualisation; localization; localisation
decentralization (of power); decentralisation
electrification (esp. in the auto industry)
writing into law; codification; enacting
acetylation
hydrogenation
lignification
merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period
extreme population aging (ageing)
putting into print; setting in type; printing; publishing
simplification
gelling agent; gellatinizing agent; setting agent; gellant
modelling; modeling
gelatinization
caramelization; caramelisation
iodization; iodisation
staging a story; filming a story
iconization; minimization
vacuolation; vacuolization
integration, e.g. of electronic components into integrated circuits
organizational inertia; organisational inertia
leftward shift; liberal trend
urbanization control area; urban control area
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers)
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
Americanization; Americanisation
objectification; objectifying
McDonaldization (institutions in society becoming standardized and focused on efficiency and predictability)
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)
dollarization
Americanization
individualization (of a task or job; as opposed to standardization); personalization
polarization; polarisation; lining up with
(speed) optimization
increase in the level of academic achievement; popularisation of higher education
damping; muffling; noise-reduction
diagonalisation; diagonalization
personalization; personalisation; product stopping being a luxury item
instantiation (in object-oriented programming)
canonization (in a textual sense)
becoming more difficult (e.g. exam); increasing difficulty
tendency to not get married; declining marriage rate
ossification
giving guidance; explaining
cyclization; cyclisation
recycling; resource recovery
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
cell encapsulation; conversion into cells
thicken; concentrate
dwarfing; stunting
decryption; decipherment; decoding
silicification
adapting for TV; television adaptation
commoditization; commodification
increase in the average age of childbirth
objectification; objectifying
objectification; objectifying
caramelization; caramelisation
nitration
Balkanization
esterification
rasterization
generalization (psychology, linguistics, etc.)
standardization; standardisation
time division multiplexing; TDM
devoicing; unvoicing
transformation of the population of Japan into idiots (because of television)
normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people
nonassimilation
benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign
topicalization
demythologization; demythicization
shrinking family (size)
vocalization; vocalisation
change toward a borderless world; development of a borderless world
transubstantiation
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
rendering plant for livestock carcasses
sustained virological response; SVR
isomerization; isomerisation
Westernization of food; Westernization of dietary habits
gelatinization; gelatinisation
changing something to full remote control
sulfonation
halogenation
racemization; racemisation
potassium ferricyanide (C6FeK3N6)
digitization; digitisation; digital transformation; modernizing (society, etc.) with the use of IT
categorization
diazotization
Disneyfication
polyvinylidene fluoride; polyvinylidene difluoride; PVDF
glocalization
subcategorization; subcategorisation
moving to a market-oriented economy; market-oriented economic reform
phosphine; phosphane; diphosphine; diphosphane; solid hydrogen phosphides (a yellow powder)
hydrogen embrittlement
(high) tariff protection; tariff jumping
ortho-normalization; ortho-normalisation
multipolarization; multipolarisation
motorization; motorisation
subnormal number; denormal number; denormalized number
regularisation; regularization
chromic anhydride (CrO3)
enlargement; expansion
phosphine; phosphane; diphosphine; diphosphane; solid hydrogen phosphides (a yellow powder)
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
romanisation; romanization; transcribing into the Latin script
fasciation
equalization
encryption; coding; password
contextualization
simplified Chinese character
earthquake proofing
normalization; normalisation
normalization; normalisation
stock conversion; conversion to stock
denuclearization; denuclearisation
(nuclear fuel) enrichment
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime
sulfation; sulphation
one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)
time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)
phonetic change; change in sound; shift in sound; sound change
striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)
yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)
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?