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List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.

Showing 4721 - 4730 of 5538 words for the list adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi). #adj-na
腑抜けふぬけfunuke

noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • coward, namby-pamby, wimp, weak-kneed person, spineless person
へそ曲がりへそまがりhesomagari

noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

  • perverseness, perversity, perverse person, difficult person, contrary person
蠱惑的こわくてきkowakuteki

irregular kanji usage  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • fascinating, alluring
襤褸ぼろboro

gikun or jukujikun  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic)  な adjective 

  • rag, old cloth
  • tattered clothes, ragged clothes, rags
  • fault (one is trying to hide), defect, weakness
  • worn-out, run-down, shabby, ragged, tattered
覿面てきめんtekimen

usually written using kana alone  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

  • immediate (effect, result, etc.), instant, instantaneous, prompt
訥弁とつべんtotsuben

な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  noun  noun (generic) 

  • slowness of speech, awkwardness of speech
辣腕らつわんratsuwan

noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective 

  • shrewdness, sharpness, astuteness, acumen, tact
饒舌じょうぜつjouzetsu

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • talkativeness, garrulity, loquacity
驕傲きょうごうkyougou

formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • pride, arrogance
驕奢きょうしゃkyousha

な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

  • luxury, extravagance

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