List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- negligent, neglectful, careless, remiss
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic)
- fresh, refreshing, invigorating, pleasant, delightful
- clear (voice), fluent (speech), eloquent
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- calculating, mercenary, selfish, self-interested
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- great hurry, great haste, rush
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb な adjective adjective (generic)
- very, extremely, exceedingly, greatly, terribly
- extreme, excessive, great many, large number of
- splendid, impressive, tremendous, immense
- exaggerated
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- tranquil, calm, quiet, peaceful, serene
- mild (weather), balmy
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- immediately, at once, right away, directly
- soon, before long, shortly
- easily, readily, without difficulty
- right (near), nearby, just (handy)
- honest, upright, frank, straightforward
popular suffix な adjective adjective (generic) colloquial familiar language dated term
- -ical, -ive, -al, -ic, -y
- -like, -ish, -sort of, -kind of
- (something) like, along the lines of
- -wise, in terms of, for, from the viewpoint of, from a ... standpoint, as far as ... is concerned
- Mr., Ms., Mrs.
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- thorough, exhaustive, complete
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- careless, sloppy, faulty
- using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing), piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors