List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic)
- adventure, venture
- venture which is unlikely to succeed, risky attempt, danger, hazard, risk
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- close (relationship, connection, etc.), intimate, near
- being in close proximity, being adjacent
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- unrelated, unconnected, irrelevant, indifferent, divorced from, having nothing to do with one, being foreign to one
- without relations (esp. of a deceased person), having no surviving relatives
- unrelated to the teachings of Buddha, unable to be saved by Buddha
popular ateji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- trouble, bother
- trouble, difficulty
- care, attention
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- various, varied, diverse, all sorts of
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- technical, technological
- practical
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- hard-liners, diehards, hawks
- (young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man
- hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs
- strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)
- bullish traders
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- automatic
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- traditional, customary, conventional
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- critical, judgmental, censorious, negative