List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- safety, security
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- possible, potential, practicable, feasible
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- concrete, definite, specific, material, substantial
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- best, supreme, wonderful, finest
- highest, maximum, most, uppermost, supreme
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle
- nature
- natural, spontaneous, automatic
- naturally, spontaneously, automatically
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- freedom, liberty
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- important, essential, significant, major, key, principal
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- new, fresh, novel
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- positive, assertive, active, proactive, aggressive
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- big, large, drastic, substantial
- full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)