List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- indiscrimination, without discrimination
- indiscriminate
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- desperate, frantic, excited, worked up, heated, eager
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- informal, simplified
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb philosophy
- coincidence, chance, accident, fortuity
- by chance, unexpectedly, accidentally
- contingency
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- wise, sensible, well-advised, intelligent, sagacious, prudent
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- spontaneous, voluntary
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb Buddhism
- hindrance, obstacle, nuisance, disturbance, interruption, interference
- to visit (someone's home)
- demon who hinders Buddhist training, demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- dainty, delicate (e.g. fingers), fine, slim
- sensitive, delicate (feelings, sense, etc.), subtle
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- large quantity, large amount