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) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- unknown, unidentified, unspecified
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unpopular
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- poor (quality, conditions, etc.), bad, inferior, poor-quality
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- tolerant, generous, lenient, broad-minded, magnanimous
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- narrow, tight, cramped
- formal, stiff, strict, ceremonious, rigid
- constrained, uncomfortable
- tight (e.g. finances)
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- innocence, guiltlessness, purity, uprightness, integrity
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated
- understanding, considerate, thoughtful, sensible
- familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- inconvenience, inexpediency, unhandiness
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- reckless, thoughtless, rash, ill-advised, impulsive, mad (e.g. scheme)
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- surprise, something unexpected