List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- easy, simple, informal, offhand, cheap
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- pure, true, genuine, unmixed
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- details, particulars, specifics
- detailed, specific, minute
- close-up view (of a digitally displayed map), zoomed-in view
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- personality, character, personal appearance, gentility
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial adverb
- plain, simple, subdued, sober
- reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.), modest, quiet, unobtrusive
- quite, a (little) bit
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- polite, courteous, civil
- careful, close, thorough, conscientious
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- accurate, precise, exact, appropriate, apt, right
popular JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- characteristic (of), peculiar (to)
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- frequent, incessant
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- seriousness, earnestness, truth, sanctity