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 noun (generic) abbreviation music
- major, large, important, famous, mainstream
- the Major Leagues, Major League Baseball
- major (key, scale, etc.)
- (oil) major
- major record label
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- metallic
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- mental
- mental health, mental state, mental resolve, mentality
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- humorous
popular irregular reading JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- unique, individual, original, unusual
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic)
- universal
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- light
- light (colour, food, comedy, etc.)
popular noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) な adjective
- live (broadcasting, music, etc.)
- live performance, live concert
- resonant (room, etc.), reverberating, echoey
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- radical
popular search-only kana form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) interjection
- lucky
- nice!, score!, bingo!