List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- polite, courteous, hospitable
popular search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- slow, sluggish, dull, slack, inactive
- lax (regulation, handling, etc.), slack, sloppy
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- quiet (e.g. neighbourhood), peaceful, tranquil
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- cramp, sprain, crick, strain (muscle)
- unreasonableness, absurdity
- illogical, unreasonable
- misdirected, misplaced, wrong (of estimate, guess)
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- brutal, cruel, merciless, ruthless, cold-blooded
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- excellent, superb, first-rate
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- popular, folksy, plebeian, ordinary, unpretentious
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- very great, enormous, serious
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- low price, moderate price
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) dated term
- simple, easy, simplistic
- inexpensive, cheap