List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- tyranny, atrocity
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- grand, far-reaching, ambitious
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- worry, care, anxiety, mental exhaustion
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- simple honesty, tactless frankness
popular colloquial な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- underhanded, unfair
- makeshift, stopgap
popular yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- fair, just and upright, open and honest, aboveboard, honourable
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- largehearted, frank, unaffected
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- modern, current, contemporary, trendy, latest, up-to-date
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- love of drink, fondness for alcohol, person who likes to drink, drinker
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- pure, genuine, real
- pure (of a subject of study; as opposed to applied, practical, etc.)
- genuine (parts, accessories, etc.), official, first-party