List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic)
- friendly
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)
- lightly (floating, drifting, etc.), buoyantly
- soft, fluffy, spongy
- unsteadily, flightily, fickly, frivolously
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- to be careless, to be inattentive, to be absentminded, to be slow
- long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled)
- flaring up (fire), rising (e.g. steam)
popular rarely used kana form search-only kana form derogatory abbreviation noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- faddist, follow-the-crowd type, poser, trend junkie, sheep
popular usually written using kana alone derogatory な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unskilled, clumsy, lousy, poor, awkward, shitty
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- scientific
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic
- selfish, egoist
- self-indulgent, wilful, willful
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- forced, compulsory
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- hygienic, healthy, healthful, sanitary
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- realistic, pragmatic