List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) な adjective
- unmanned, uninhabited, unattended, deserted
- shorthandedness, lack of help
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- good, fine, excellent, favorable, favourable, satisfactory
popular irregular reading JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- ground-breaking, revolutionary, unprecedented, epoch-making
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- separate, respective, different
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- perfection, flawlessness
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb noun noun (generic)
- (in a) long time, long time (ago), while (ago), long ago, long while (ago), (in a) long while
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus), relevant to all citizens, popular on a national level
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- periodic, regular, routine
popular noun noun (generic) dated term な adjective adjective (generic)
- one country
- the whole nation, the whole country
- stubborn, obstinate