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)
- providential protection
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lucid, clear
な adjective adjective (generic)
- bright red
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- intelligence, discernment
usually written using kana alone adverb dated term な adjective adjective (generic) Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- extraordinarily, astonishingly, extremely, terribly, awfully, unreasonably, absurdly
- extraordinary, outrageous, absurd, unreasonable
- unconditioned dharma
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- in chaos, incoherent
sensitive な adjective adjective (generic)
- reckless, blind, without knowing, at random
な adjective adjective (generic)
- blind (devotion, faith, etc.), reckless
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- but then, although, though
- reasonable, natural, just
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations, Yelang thinks too highly of itself