List: pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
Adjectives occurring before nouns and not in a predicative position.
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) expression
- what (e.g. "what rudeness")
- what (something) is like
search-only kanji form pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- big, large, great
rarely used kanji form pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- similar but different, alike only in appearance, falsely similar, spurious, sham, pseudo-
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- secret, hidden, unseen, inward
usually written using kana alone suffix pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- the most ... of all (in team, department, class, etc.), the greatest ... in
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- a particular, a certain
- that kind of, such a
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- proper, appropriate, due, suitable
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- any kind of, every, whatsoever, whatever
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- unparalleled, unparallelled, unequaled, unequalled, unique
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- the late, the deceased