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)
- comprehensive, composite, all-round, all-embracing, general, overall, combined, synthetic (e.g. language)
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- long-term
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- excess, surplus, superabundance, overabundance
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- loose, slack
- gentle (slope, curve), slow (speed)
- lenient, liberal, lax
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- poor (at), weak (in), not very good (at)
- not one's cup of tea, not one's favorite
popular JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun noun (generic)
- splendid, nice, wonderful, delightful, lovely, excellent, fine
- sufficient, satisfactory, enough, fine, all right, OK
- not needing (any more of something), (already) having enough, fine (as in "I'm fine"), no, thank you
- rather, quite, fairly, pretty, surprisingly, quite a bit, fairly well
- structure, construction, framework, architecture
popular JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- disliked, hated, disagreeable
- tendency, smack (of), touch (of)
- distinction, discrimination
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) dated term
- skillful, adroit, dexterous, masterful, clever, ingenious, cunning
- craft, craftsmanship, skill, dexterity, design
- plot, scheme, artifice, trick
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- extravagant, lavish, opulent, luxurious, magnificent, splendid, fancy, gorgeous