List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular adverb noun (suffix) noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun
- very, extremely, exceedingly, quite, most
- top, highest, best
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- purity, innocence
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- old-fashioned, old-style
popular irregular okurigana search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- unclear speech, garbled speech, poor enunciation
- poorly expressed, unclear (wording), imprecise (expression), inadequate (explanation)
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- great variety of flowering plants
- light greenish-blue
- various
popular irregular kanji usage yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- straight to the point, point-blank, frank, direct
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.), austere, grave, majestic, dignified, stately, impressive
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- elegant, refined, polished, stylish, sophisticated
- high-quality goods, first-class article
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cowardly, craven
- unfair, mean, sneaky, dirty, dastardly
popular ateji な adjective adjective (generic) prefix
- thoughtless, reckless, careless, rash
- ordinary, usual, common
- excessive, indiscriminate