List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unaware, unmindful, unconscious, blind, apathetic
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- intangible, incorporeal
- unreasonable, preposterous, absurd
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- artless, simple
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- lacking talent, lacking accomplishments
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- amorphous, shapeless
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lacking fixed principles, inconsistent, fickle
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- trackless
- reckless, dissipated
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- groundless
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- boorish, unrefined, rustic, uncouth, clumsy, brusque
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- incompetence, inability, disability, incapacity