List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- altitude, height, elevation
- high-degree, high-grade, advanced, sophisticated, strong
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- high class, high grade
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) な adjective adjective (generic)
- order, turn, sorting
- obedient, docile, submissive, meek
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- just, justifiable, right, due, proper, equitable, reasonable, legitimate, legal, lawful
popular JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic) adverb colloquial interjection archaic noun noun (generic)
- safe, secure, sound, problem-free, without fear, all right, alright, OK, okay
- certainly, surely, undoubtedly
- no thanks, I'm good, that's alright
- great man, fine figure of a man
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- bold, daring, audacious
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- intellectual
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic な adjective adjective (generic)
- tea
- tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
- tea preparation, making tea
- brown
- mockery
popular JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- suitable, proper, appropriate, adequate, fit, fair
- perfunctory, half-minded, sloppy, lazy, careless, noncommittal, unreliable, irresponsible, haphazard
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- natural, reasonable, obvious
- usual, common, ordinary, commonplace, the norm