List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- logical
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- parallelism, running parallel (to, with)
- running concurrently, occurring at the same time, keeping pace with
- not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- light, easy, non-serious, minor
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- intelligent, wise, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- lack of policy, having no measures, lacking means
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- cheap, economical
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- nervousness, oversensitivity
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- concise, brief, succinct, compact (style)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- extremely important, essential, vital, crucial
popular adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets), quiet, still, hushed, empty
- inactive (business, trade, etc.), slack, flat, off-season, quiet, dull
- idle, free, unoccupied