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) noun noun (generic)
- illogicality
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- tedious, boring, dull, uninteresting, tiresome, monotonous
- to feel bored, to get bored (with), to get tired (of)
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- valid, proper, right, appropriate, reasonable
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming), touchingly lovely, cute
- pitiful, pitiable
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- proper, reasonable, right, appropriate
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- cheerful, lively, lighthearted
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- noble, lofty, high-minded, virtuous, upright
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- new form, new formula
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- servile, subservient, obsequious, slavish, self-abasing, grovelling, spineless
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- pathetic, sad, sorrowful, grievous