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) noun noun (generic)
- retro, nostalgic, old-fashioned
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- local
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- long
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- wide
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- wild
popular noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) な adjective noun taking the genitive case particle の abbreviation
- one-man (show, team, etc.)
- tyrant, dictatorial person
- conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver), conductorless train
gairaigo English origin popular colloquial な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- necessary, indispensable, must-have, required, mandatory
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic)
- nostalgic
rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round
search-only kanji form yojijukugo noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- stormy and full of drama, full of ups and downs, with many vicissitudes