List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- conceptual, ideational, notional
- theoretical, academic
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- wheedling child, spoiled child, pampered child, child who always demands attention
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- seeming sad
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) mathematics
- minimum, minuscule
- local minimum
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- bone
- firmness (of character), backbone, unyielding spirit
popular formal or literary term noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- fortitude, firmness of character, sturdiness, inner strength, hardihood
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- detailed knowledge, finely detailed
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- selfishness, egotism, egoism, (being) self-centered, without consulting, (doing) as one pleases, one's own free will
popular yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- freely, right and left, as one pleases