List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- high, noble, refined, advanced
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) dated term
- friendship, (on) familiar terms, intimacy
- kindness, goodwill
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.), considerate, helpful, thoughtful, detailed, scrupulous
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unskillful, childish, immature, naive, artless, clumsy, crude
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- patient, unhurried, leisurely
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- momentous, exigent, urgent, important, vital
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- systematic
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- wicked, evil
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- pure, innocent, naive, unspoilt, pure-hearted, ingenuous
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic) intransitive verb noun
- superficial, shallow
- frivolous, careless, thoughtless
- sliding along a surface, being slippery