List: pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
Adjectives occurring before nouns and not in a predicative position.
popular JLPT N5 pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- big, large, great
popular JLPT N3 pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- mere, simple, sheer
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- mere, only, just, slight
popular pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- my, our, one's own
popular pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- the ... in question
popular search-only kanji form pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- strange, unfamiliar, unknown
popular noun noun (generic) pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- goodness
- good
popular pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- main, principal, chief, primary, major
popular usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- needless
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb auxiliary verb pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- to leave, to go away
- to pass, to elapse
- to be distant
- to send away, to drive off, to divorce
- to (do) completely
- last ... (e.g. "last April")