List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) な adjective
- national
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) music
- natural
- natural (sign)
popular search-only kana form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) jocular, humorous term
- nonsense
- (having) terrible taste, unstylish
gairaigo Latin origin popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- nihilistic
popular JLPT N1 abbreviation photography printing noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- negative
- negative (e.g. thinking)
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic) photography noun noun (generic)
- negative (e.g. thinking)
- negative
- negative (electrical polarity)
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- noble
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- normal
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- hard-boiled (person, style, etc.), tough
- hard-boiled fiction
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- high-tech