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 taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- larva, larvae
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) たる adjective adverb taking the と particle
- stylish, smart, elegant, chic, refined, trim, neat
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- trivial, trifling
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- diminutive, dwarfish, pygmy, stunted, undersized
- narrow (e.g. thinking), small
popular obsolete reading な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic adverb
- grand, luxurious, lavish, sumptuous
- great, large, big (e.g. storm)
- very, greatly, extremely
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- fascinating, voluptuous, bewitching, captivating
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- wrong (guess or estimate), misdirected, irrelevant, off the point
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- feebleness, weakness, weak
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- (idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
popular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) slang noun (prefix) noun (suffix) abbreviation
- idiot, moron, fool
- stupid, foolish, dull, absurd, ridiculous
- trivial, insignificant, disappointing
- malfunctioning, defective, losing sensation
- incredibly, unusually, exceptionally
- fervent enthusiast, nut, person singularly obsessed with something
- Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)