List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する な adjective adjective (generic)
- indolence, laziness, sloth
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- popular, common, commonplace
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- impertinent, saucy, cheeky, impudent, audacious, cocky, pert, brash
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- deep emotion, being filled with emotion
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness
- susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- talented
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- poor-looking, impoverished-looking
- scrawny (e.g. figure), thin-looking, sparse (e.g. meal), meagre, meager, insubstantial
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- ability, capability, competence, skill
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- suffering, distress, difficulty, hardship, misery, being bogged down, hurdle