List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- vivid, bright, brilliant, clear, fresh, vibrant
- skillful, skilful, adroit, brilliant (performance, goal, etc.), splendid, superb, magnificent, fine
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- obedient, meek, docile, unaffected
- honest, frank, upfront (about one's feelings)
- straight (e.g. hair)
- without peculiarity, without mannerisms, standard, neat (e.g. handwriting)
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb
- abrupt, sudden, unexpected
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- poverty, penury, need, destitution
- shortage, lack, want
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- indispensable, essential
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- impossible
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- discomfort, inconvenience
- poverty, want, destitution
- inability, disability, impairment (physical, mental, etc.), nonfluency (in a language)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- equality, impartiality, evenness
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- strange, weird, odd, curious
- wonder, mystery, miracle, excellence
- cleverness, adroitness, knack, skill
popular JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- invalid, void, ineffective, unavailable