List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- pure white
- blank (e.g. mind, paper)
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb な adjective colloquial noun (suffix)
- remainder, remnant, rest, balance, surplus, remains (of a meal), leftovers
- (not) very, (not) much
- too much, excessively, overly
- extreme, great, severe, tremendous, terrible
- not very good, so-so, mediocre
- more than, over
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points
- every direction, all directions
- as one wishes, as one pleases, at will
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- thin (air), weak (liquid), dilute, sparse (population), rarefied
- lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.), insubstantial, deficient, tenuous (link)
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- universal, omnipresent, ubiquitous
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- ordinary, sensible, commonplace
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) Internet slang
- low-priced, cheap, inexpensive
- shallow (e.g. sympathy), superficial, cheap (e.g. government)
- link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- strange, odd, peculiar, weird, bizarre, unusual
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- one grade, first-class, primary
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- resolute, determined, bold