List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular colloquial suffix な adjective adjective (generic)
- -like, sort of, similar to, resembling
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- good-value, economical, advantageous (price, deal, etc.)
- useful, helpful
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- rattling, clattering
- trembling, shivering, quaking, wobbling, swaying
- whining, grumbling, griping, bellyaching
- rickety, shaky, wobbly, decrepit, ramshackle, broken down
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 polite language expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- thank you (for your hard work), I appreciate your efforts
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- rough (touch, voice, etc.), coarse, gritty, sandy, granular
- rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
popular JLPT N3 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb な adjective adjective (generic)
- all, altogether, entirely, completely
- exactly alike (e.g. in appearance), spitting image of, identical, strikingly similar
popular children's language noun noun (generic) onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb Kantou-ben な adjective adjective (generic) obsolete term
- penis
- with a tinkle, with a jingle
- with a whistle (of a kettle)
- sitting up and begging (of a dog)
- juvenile black porgy
- children's game in which one hops on one foot
- very hot (e.g. of tea)
- flirting, fondling
- jealousy
popular usually written using kana alone expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- what sort, what kind
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun
- slimy, slippery, greasy, clammy
- smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- (tear) to pieces, (rip) apart, (rip) up, (rip) open
- with a rattle, with a shudder, trembling
- feeling an electric shock