List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- bad, poor, inferior, defective
- delinquent, hoodlum, hooligan
popular JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic)
- convenient, handy, useful
popular JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- not yet fixed, undecided, pending, TBD
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- trouble, bother, annoyance, nuisance, inconvenience
- to be troubled (by), to be bothered (by), to be inconvenienced (by)
popular JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic)
- splendid, fine, handsome, elegant, imposing, prominent, impressive
- praiseworthy, creditable, worthy
- legal, legitimate, lawful
- undeniable (e.g. crime), indisputable, solid
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- huge, vast, enormous, colossal, extensive, large
- swelling, expansion
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) archaic humble language pronoun
- foolishness, silliness, stupidity, folly
- I, me
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- mental, spiritual, emotional
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- personal, individual, private
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- human, personal