List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- accurate, correct, precise, exact
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- being very busy, busyness
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- fatal, lethal
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- soft, tender, pliant, supple
- soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild
- informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- misfortune, bad luck, ill luck, ill fortune
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- imperfect, incomplete, faulty, defective
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- irregular, unseasonable, changeable, unsettled, abnormal
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- disadvantage, handicap, drawback, inadvisability, inexpediency, loss
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- finite, limited
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cheerful, jovial, merry, lively
- weather, season
- spirit of yang