List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- individual, distinctive, unique, characteristic, personal, idiosyncratic
popular search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- moderate, reserved, modest, temperate, restrained, low-key, conservative (estimate), self-effacing, unassuming
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- trivial, trifling, slight, insignificant
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- season (for fruit, seafood, etc.), best time of the year (for)
- in vogue, popular, hot, fresh
popular ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) archaic adverb
- proper, respectable, decent, honest
- entirely, completely, wholly, perfectly
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- nationwide, countrywide, national, throughout the country
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic)
- rough (estimate, summary, etc.), broad, general, sweeping, loose
- careless (e.g. work), sloppy, crude
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.), large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- academic
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- acoustic (instrument, music, etc.)