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If I was to put the suffixes `流{りゅう}`, `風{ふう}`, `的{てき}`, `式{しき}` and `様{よう}`
on the end of a noun etc, what would be the difference between them?

I could be wrong, but the following all seem to me to mean something similar
to "Japanese style" and I'm having trouble telling the difference between
them:

  * 日本流
  * 日本風
  * 日本的
  * 日本式
  * 日本様

(I'm not sure whether `日本様` is used or not, but I think `日本様式` is.)
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word-choice suffixes
Usage of the suffixes 流, 風, 式, 的 and 様
* `的`: -ish, -like 

> 日本的思考 'Japanese way of thinking'

  * `風`: Intentionally or unintentionally resembling the style but not itself. Pseudo. 

> 日本風の料理店 'Pseudo-Japanese style restaurant'

  * `流` School. Classification of styles that are inherited (occasionally secretly within a family).

> 甲賀流忍者 'Kouga-school ninja'  
>  裏千家流 'Urasenke-school tea ceremony'

  * `様式` Design, form of art 

> 日本様式の建築 'Japanese style architecture'

  * `式`: Style. More popular and major classification of styles compared to `流`. Can usually replace affixal use of `様式`.

> 日本式庭園 'Japanese-style garden'
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