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)
- arrogant, haughty, insolent
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) な adjective
- first-rate, finest quality, the best
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- vague, desultory, distracted, loose, half-hearted, diffuse, scattered
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- admirable, laudable
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- heinous
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic)
- killing, destruction of life
- cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- critical (condition), serious
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- very shy person, bashful person
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- novel, original, new
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- straight line, beeline