List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- seedy-looking, thin
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- ability, capability, competence, skill
popular search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- high-handed, domineering, on one's high horse
popular adverb noun (suffix) noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun
- very, extremely, exceedingly, quite, most
- top, highest, best
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- purity, innocence
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- old-fashioned, old-style
popular irregular okurigana search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- unclear speech, garbled speech, poor enunciation
- poorly expressed, unclear (wording), imprecise (expression), inadequate (explanation)
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- great variety of flowering plants
- light greenish-blue
- various
popular irregular kanji usage yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- straight to the point, point-blank, frank, direct
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- suffering, distress, difficulty, hardship, misery, being bogged down, hurdle