List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular search-only kana form JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- romantic
popular JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- contrary, opposite, inverse, reverse, back-to-front
popular JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic)
- uncertain, indefinite, vague, ambiguous, equivocal, dubious, doubtful, non-committal
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb な adjective adjective (generic)
- chattering, talk, idle talk, chat, chitchat, gossip
- chatty, talkative, chatterbox, blabbermouth
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- stylish, fashionable, trendy, chic, smartly dressed, careful about one's appearance
- dressing (oneself) up, dressing smartly, dressing nicely, making oneself look attractive
- fashionable dresser, smartly dressed person
popular search-only kana form onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb taking the と particle adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- ticktock
- chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock), knocking, clicking, clacking, clattering
- dry and hard, (frozen) stiff
- hidebound, die-hard, stubborn, obstinate, bigoted
- scared stiff, tense, nervous, frightened
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun
- rustling
- dry, rough feeling, rough to the touch
- rough (of a person), coarse, crude, unrefined, uncouth
- catching fish with a net
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic)
- gulping down (a drink), guzzling, chugging
- sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- creaking, squeaking
- packing in tightly, cramming, squeezing
- hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.), tightly, with force
- going hard (on someone), tormenting (e.g. with questions)
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) adverb
- just barely, only just, at the very limit, at the last moment