List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- ignorant of the ways of the world
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- unevenness, roughness, ruggedness, bumpiness
- inequality, imbalance, unevenness, difference
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- skillful, skilful, adroit, dexterous, dextrous, deft, nimble, handy
- clever, shrewd, ingenious
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- silent
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- precocity, early ripening, premature development
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- lasciviousness, lechery, salaciousness, lust, sensuality, lewdness
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- stout, corpulent, plump, voluptuous
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- fickle, capricious, inconstant, changeable, whimsical
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cruel, hard-hearted, harsh, unkind
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- popular, common