List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- pure, genuine, real
- pure (of a subject of study; as opposed to applied, practical, etc.)
- genuine (parts, accessories, etc.), official, first-party
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- excellence, superiority, preeminence, prevalence
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- every month
- trite, commonplace, conventional, hackneyed
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- simple, plain
- modest, frugal, reserved
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unkindness, unfriendliness
popular ateji JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb Kansai-ben
- absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous
- rash, reckless
- excessive, immoderate, extreme
- very, extremely, excessively
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clever, intelligent, bright, smart, wise, sensible, shrewd
- well-behaved (esp. of children and pets), obedient, good
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- obstinate, stubborn, headstrong
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- hygienic, sanitary
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- feminine, effeminate