List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- profit, advantage, benefit, gain
- rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- cultural
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- innumerable, countless, numberless
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- irresponsibility
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- fierce, intense, severe, violent, strong, vehement, terrific, terrible
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- promising, hopeful, full of promise
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) adverb
- extra, more, too much, too many, excessive, superfluous, spare, surplus
- unnecessary, needless, uncalled-for, unwanted, uninvited
- all the more, even more
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- steady, sound, stable, safe (e.g. business), reliable, trustworthy, solid
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- cold, chilly, cool
- cold (attitude, stare, etc.), frigid, indifferent, distant, surly, curt
- composed, cool, calm
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun (suffix) archaic
- one line, one stretch (e.g. of road), one strand (e.g. of hair), one beam (e.g. of light), one ray, one length (e.g. of rope)
- earnest, resolute, intent, devoted, single-minded
- one bloodline, one clan
- ordinary, common