List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) slang noun (prefix) noun (suffix) abbreviation
- idiot, moron, fool
- stupid, foolish, dull, absurd, ridiculous
- trivial, insignificant, disappointing
- malfunctioning, defective, losing sensation
- incredibly, unusually, exceptionally
- fervent enthusiast, nut, person singularly obsessed with something
- Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する な adjective adjective (generic)
- indolence, laziness, sloth
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- popular, common, commonplace
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- impertinent, saucy, cheeky, impudent, audacious, cocky, pert, brash
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- feebleness, weakness, weak
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- (idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- deep emotion, being filled with emotion
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness
- susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- talented