List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, objection, dissent
- reverse, opposite, inverse, contrary
popular JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- necessary, needed, essential, indispensable
- necessity, need, requirement
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- peace, harmony
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic)
- clear, obvious, evident, plain, definite
- bright, light
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- safety, security
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- possible, potential, practicable, feasible
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- concrete, definite, specific, material, substantial
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- best, supreme, wonderful, finest
- highest, maximum, most, uppermost, supreme
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle
- nature
- natural, spontaneous, automatic
- naturally, spontaneously, automatically
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- freedom, liberty