List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sharp (eyes, ears, etc.), keen, acute, sensitive
- sharp-witted, shrewd, clever, astute, acute
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- honest, upright, cleanhanded, unselfish
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic)
- settling down, quieting down, cooling down, cooling off
- stillness, quiet, tranquility
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- poor health, ill health, unhealthy
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- obstinate, stubborn, inflexible
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- formal, courteous, ritual, ritualistic
popular yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- absurd, nonsensical, preposterous
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- noble, high and noble, exalted
- noble (character), refined, dignified
- precious, expensive, valuable
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- dreary, bleak, monotonous, barren
- tasteless, unrefined
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- empirical, positive