List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular prefix な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) suffix abbreviation noun (suffix)
- large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe
- great, prominent, eminent, distinguished
- -sized, as big as, the size of
- university
- large (e.g. serving size), large option
- long month (i.e. having 31 days)
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- in perfect form, going swimmingly
popular food, cooking noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- minced meat or fish that is seasoned and fried (usu. served on top of rice)
- tattered, ragged, tangled
- fine, small
popular usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- that kind of, of the sort, of the kind, such
popular irregular reading search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- wonderful
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- configurable
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- experienced, well-versed
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- rich in variety, diverse, wide-ranging, multifarious
gairaigo waseigo English origin popular colloquial noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- attractive body, nice-looking body