List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- second grade, second class, secondary
な adjective adjective (generic)
- dual
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- binary
search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic)
- (typically) Japanese
irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- need, want, necessity
- costs, expenses
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- need, want, necessity, requirement
- expenses, cost
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb interjection
- fraud, cheating, foul play, trickery, hoax, swindle, counterfeit, fake
- surely, absolutely, certainly, indeed
physics な adjective adjective (generic)
- thermodynamic
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- young, youthful
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- child born in last half of the year