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)
- microscopic
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- very small, very little, slight, trifling, negligible, insignificant
irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- low rank, humble station, obscurity
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- having a prominent nose, having a long nose, person with a prominent nose
- prideful, boastful, prideful person
- tengu
な adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun noun (generic)
- inevitably, certainly
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- poor correspondent, apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing, someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
な adjective adjective (generic)
- superficial
な adjective adjective (generic)
- superficial
な adjective adjective (generic)
- superficial, apparent, seeming, surface, cosmetic
formal or literary term noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle たる adjective
- destitution, misery, meagerness