List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- unfortunate, unhappy, ill-fated, hapless
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clever, bright, sharp, wise, intelligent, sagacious
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- large-hearted, generous, liberal, open-handed, magnanimous, easygoing
- placid, composed, cool, collected
popular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- unintelligible language, incoherent language, talking nonsense, babble, gibberish, jargon, gobbledygook
popular rarely used kanji form irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- a little, a bit, somewhat, slightly, rather
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- greedy, avaricious, covetous
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone pronoun adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun intransitive verb
- here and there, various places, all around, all over, everywhere, throughout
- muddled, confused, in the wrong order, back to front
popular search-only kana form ateji yojijukugo usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- indefinite, hazy, vague, unsettled, undecided
な adjective adjective (generic)
- sensational, inflammatory, incendiary
- (sexually) suggestive, lascivious
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- steep, precipitous