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)
- admiration, being impressed
- admirable, praiseworthy
- astonishment, being appalled
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- simple, simplified
- easy, plain
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- near, close (to), nearby
- (drawing) near, approaching, almost here, just around the corner
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- carefree, buoyant, lighthearted, sprightly
- ease
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- objective
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) mathematics noun (prefix)
- reverse, opposite
- converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
- inverse (function)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.), even, uniform
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) colloquial
- dramatic, exciting, touching
- extreme
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- fairness, impartiality, justice, objectivity
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- legal, lawful, legitimate