List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- seeming dangerous, risky, unsafe, chancy, unsteady, clumsy, awkward
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- rough-hewn, incomplete, unrefined, still in the process of being formed
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- disagreeableness, unpleasantness, nastiness, offensiveness, tastelessness
- cutting remark, disagreeable remark, snide comment, sarcastic comment
rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- cavity, hollow, void
- hollow (voice, smile, etc.), blank (eyes, look, etc.), vacant (expression, stare, etc.), empty (words, heart, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- considerably, fairly, quite, rather, pretty
formal or literary term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- fierce
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- vulgar person, low-life, sleazebag, boor
- lowly person, person of humble rank, peasant, churl
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- low birth, humble origin
- lowly, base, vulgar, coarse
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cruel, inhumane, callous, brutal
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- bold, daring, dauntless, intrepid, stout-hearted