List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
gairaigo English origin popular colloquial な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- necessary, indispensable, must-have, required, mandatory
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- academic
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- acoustic (instrument, music, etc.)
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- active
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- aggressive
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- adult
- adult, pornographic, explicit
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- analog, analogue
gairaigo English origin popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- approximate (number), rough (calculation)
- sloppy, lackadaisical, crude
popular rarely used kana form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- antique
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- unbalance, imbalance