List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- crumpled, rumpled, wrinkled, creased, tousled, disheveled, dishevelled
- to be annoyed, to be irritated, to be upset
- noisily (chewing)
popular search-only kana form onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle noun taking the genitive case particle の
- exhausted, worn out, dead tired
- battered (esp. of clothing), worn out, ragged, tattered
- (boiling) to a pulp, to a mash, to a mush
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- wobbling, tottering, shaking, unstably, unsteadily
- wavering (e.g. over a decision), dithering, indecisively
- boiling up
- dizzily, giddily
popular JLPT N3 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)
- feeling refreshed, feeling relieved
- neat, tidy, clean
- frank, open-hearted, plain, simple, light
- completely, entirely
- not in the least (with neg. verb), not at all
- nothing at all, completely useless, hopeless, awful
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)
- gently (raining), drizzling
- moist, damp
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic)
- (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly
- (falling) little by little, (slipping) gradually, (drawing back) slowly, with a slither
- on and on, while putting off, slovenly, interminably
- with a slurp, with a sniffle
- loose, lax, inconclusive, unresolved
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- hasty, impatient, restless, rash
popular JLPT N4 auxiliary な adjective adjective (generic)
- appearing that, seeming that, looking like, having the appearance of
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- rough, careless, slovenly, slipshod, rude, impolite
popular JLPT N3 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) suffix noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- plentifully, amply, abundantly, copiously, generously, fully, a lot
- loosely, with room to spare, with enough space, (large) enough
- a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres), a full, at least, no less than