List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone interjection
- disliking, not wanting, unwilling (to do), reluctant
- unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, horrible, disgusting, undesirable, unwelcome
- no!, quit it!, stop!
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- essential, important, crucial, vital, main
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- unnecessary, unneeded
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- contrastive
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- temporary, transitory, short-lived
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb noun noun (generic)
- uniform, even, across-the-board, equal
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- rigour, rigor, closeness, compactness, tightly knit
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- definite, final, decisive, conclusive
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- effective, successful
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- private, personal