List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic)
- smart (clothing, etc.), stylish
- slim, slender
- skilful, slick, clever, adroit
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- smooth (i.e. without problems)
popular JLPT N2 abbreviation noun noun (generic) prefix な adjective adjective (generic)
- centimeter, centimetre
- centi-, 10^-2
- sentimental
popular JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の abbreviation computing noun noun (generic)
- soft
- software
- soft hat, felt hat
- soft serve ice cream
- softball
popular irregular reading food, cooking noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- chicken
- coward, scaredy-cat, chicken, wuss
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- dry
- dry (tone, humour, etc.), unemotional, matter-of-fact, businesslike, practical
- dry (of alcohol)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の abbreviation computing noun noun (generic)
- hard, tough
- hardware
- hard disk
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or verb acting prenominally
- high (spirits), euphoric, intoxicated
- high
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- handsome
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- best