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)
- subjective
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- comfortable, carefree
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- lack of common sense, thoughtlessness, senselessness, irrationality, absurdity
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- nonsense, no meaning, meaningless
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の Buddhism
- heartlessness, hardness of heart, coldheartedness, cruelty
- insentient, inanimate
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- infancy
- childish, infantile, immature, primitive
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- peace, security, tranquility, tranquillity
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- invincible, unrivaled, unrivalled, matchless, unbeatable, undefeatable
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- stubborn, dogged, persistent, tenacious
- tough, sturdy, hardy, strong
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk), laity, man of the world, the world
- local manners, modern customs
- common, popular
- vulgar, low