List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- important, essential, significant, major, key, principal
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- new, fresh, novel
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- positive, assertive, active, proactive, aggressive
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- big, large, drastic, substantial
- full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
popular JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb noun noun (generic)
- special, particular, extraordinary, exceptional, especial
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb physics chemistry な adjective adjective (generic)
- stability, steadiness, consistency, equilibrium, balance, composure
- stable
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- certain, sure, definite, reliable, sound, solid, safe, secure
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- simple, easy, uncomplicated
- brief, quick, light
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- danger, peril, hazard
- risk
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun (suffix)
- common, shared, mutual
- to be common (to), to be shared (by)
- -wide