List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb
- direct, immediate, personal, firsthand
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- same, similar, (just) like, equal
popular JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- original, unique, distinctive, characteristic, peculiar
- independent, one's own, personal
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- emergency
- extreme, great, extraordinary, remarkable, unusual, terrible, severe
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic)
- insufficiency, deficiency, shortage, lack, scarcity, deficit
- dissatisfaction, discontent, complaint
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- dissatisfaction, discontent, displeasure, complaint, unhappiness
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の suffix
- unclear, obscure, indistinct, uncertain, ambiguous
- unknown, unidentified
- ignorance, lack of wisdom, lack of insight
popular JLPT N4 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- normal, ordinary, regular, usual, common, average
- normally, ordinarily, usually, generally, commonly
- local train, train that stops at every station
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) suffix
- abundant, plentiful, rich, ample
- rich, wealthy, affluent, well-off
- open (mind), relaxed, easy
- plump (e.g. breasts), full, ample
- (well) over, (easily) in excess of