List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- wrong, bad, improper, unjustifiable, inadvisable
- not allowed, not possible
- failing grade
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- irrational, illogical, unreasonable, absurd, inconsistent
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unripe, green, immature
- immature, inexperienced, unskilled, green
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- violence, assault, rowdiness, wildness, running riot
- rough (handling, language, etc.), reckless, careless, coarse, rude, unreasonable (e.g. demand), wild (e.g. argument)
- rape, sexual assault
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- excessive, exorbitant
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- modern
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- independent, responsible, active, proactive
- subjective
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- handy, convenient
- suitable, reasonable, moderate
popular search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- more than enough, more than ample, exhaustive