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)
- reflexive, reflecting
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- elegance, taste, refinement
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- useless, futile, vain
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- greed, avarice, covetousness, greedy person
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- lively, vigorous, energetic, healthy, avid (e.g. desire), rich (e.g. imagination)
- full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.), brimming with
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- great laughter, burst of laughter
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- tyranny, atrocity
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- unspecified, random, indefinite
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clear, simple
popular rarely used kanji form yojijukugo noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- behaving outrageously as though there were no one around, acting without consideration for others, arrogance, audacity, insolence