List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
な adjective adjective (generic)
- cheap, rubbishy, shoddy, roughly made
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- precocity (esp. of a young girl), acting grown up
- precocious young girl
derogatory な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- short (in height), stumpy, tiny
- short (trousers, etc.), undersized
な adjective adjective (generic)
- anxious (appearance), (appearing) uneasy
- yearning (look, etc.), languishing, desiring
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- diligent, earnest, attentive to detail, brisk (working, moving), frequent (e.g. checking)
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- occasional, infrequent, rare
な adjective adjective (generic)
- reluctant, hesitant
expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- unnatural, artificial, false, forced (e.g. smile), empty (e.g. compliments)
slang noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- the spitting image of, identical
な adjective adjective (generic)
- quantitative