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)
- solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.), austere, grave, majestic, dignified, stately, impressive
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- elegant, refined, polished, stylish, sophisticated
- high-quality goods, first-class article
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cowardly, craven
- unfair, mean, sneaky, dirty, dastardly
popular ateji な adjective adjective (generic) prefix
- thoughtless, reckless, careless, rash
- ordinary, usual, common
- excessive, indiscriminate
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- disorder, confusion, clutter, mess, muddle, disarray
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- vigour, vigor, virility, health, sturdiness
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- rustic, rude, vulgar, rough
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する mathematics な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の biology
- resemblance, likeness, similitude
- similarity
- analogy
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) humble language pronoun formal or literary term archaic
- unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.)
- I, me
- incompetent, unskilled, inexperienced, foolish
- unfortunate, unlucky
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)