 When used as the conjunction "(~-ga-~)", it has the same meaning as "(~-no-~)" which is more common in modern Japanese and is commonly used in place names, though rare in everyday words.One relatively common word using is "karigane" ("kari-ga-ne" – goose-'s-sound, the cry of the wild goose).In place names, it is generally a conjunction, and hence pronounced "ga", particularly as ("-ga-hara") "field of ...", as in (Aokigahara, laurel-'s-field, field of laurel).