List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N2 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb taking the と particle adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic) children's language
- with a glitter, with a sparkle
- brand new, shiny and new
- cleaned (of a plate, etc.), finished
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic) adverb taking the と particle colloquial
- sticky
- thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied)
- all over (pasting, stamping, etc.)
- clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting
- clichéd, hackneyed
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- worn-out, ragged, tattered, battered, scruffy
- crumbling, dry and crumbly
- falling (in drops or clumps), scattering
- (physically or mentally) worn-out, exhausted
- (coming to light) one after another
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- (member of the) yakuza, gangster, mobster
- hoodlum, racketeer, gambler
- useless, worthless, good-for-nothing, trashy
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic)
- creative
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- crazy
popular search-only kana form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- graphics, graphic
- graphic magazine, pictorial magazine
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- sporty (esp. garments, accessories, etc.)
popular colloquial noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- fat, chubby
- fatso, fatty, fat person
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering
- flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling
- sparse, scattered, sporadic
- crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)