List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) humble language
- carelessness, clumsiness, lack of consideration, ineptitude
- blunder, mistake, faux pas, slip-up, misconduct
- being no good at drinking and entertaining
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- narrow-minded, obstinate, stubborn, perverse, unreasonable, warped, bigoted, eccentric
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- flattery, adulation
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- various, diverse, different, divergent, divided, conflicting
irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- nudity
- stark naked
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- ignorant, unenlightened, uncivilized, uncivilised
search-only kanji form formal or literary term な adjective adjective (generic) たる adjective adverb taking the と particle
- biting (cold), severe, intense, piercing
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- forgetful, oblivious of, negligent
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- oblong, vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes), portrait orientation
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- (idle) ease, idleness, leisureliness