List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- zig-zag, zigzag
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- giant
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- jumbo, jumbo-sized
- jumbo jet
popular irregular reading な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sweet (flavour)
- sweet (of alcohol)
- sweet (e.g. melody), pleasant (e.g. atmosphere), pleasing, delightful
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- scandalous
popular search-only kana form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- square (shape)
- square (open space)
- formal, methodical, correct, strict, stiff
- square (tool)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- standard
popular printing noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- stereotype
- stereotype
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- stoic, stoical
- self-disciplined, abstemious, austere, strict (with oneself)
- Stoic (philosopher)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の baseball boxing card games
- straight
- straightforward, direct, blunt, candid
- straight (wins, sets, etc.)
- straight (liquor), neat, black (tea or coffee)
- entering university right after graduating high school
- (four-seam) fastball
- straight (punch)
- straight (in poker)
- straight (i.e. heterosexual), straight person