List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
search-only kanji form polite language expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.), a pity
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone interjection な adjective adjective (generic)
- sorry
- too bad (for you)!, tough luck!
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- tomboy
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- bargain, good-value, economical
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb adverb taking the と particle
- parched, dried-up, bone-dry
- empty, hollow
- rattling, clattering
- laughing loudly, roaring with laughter
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- trembling (with fear, cold, etc.), shaking, chattering (of teeth)
- coming loose, wobbling
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb
- chattering (teeth)
- (frozen, worried) stiff
- rigid (personality, thinking, etc.), inflexible, overly serious
- voracious (e.g. work, study), without slack or pause
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) trademark noun noun (generic)
- with a clatter, with a rattle, with a clank
- persistently (complaining, etc.), annoyingly, (going) on and on
- messy, cluttered, untidy
- capsule-toy vending machine, capsule toy
- Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic) noun
- with a clatter, with a rattle
- (almost) empty, (mostly) vacant, bare, uninhabited, unoccupied
- raspy (voice), gravelly, husky
- with a gargle
- rough (personality, speech, etc.), unreserved, outspoken, boorish, ill-mannered
- rattle (baby's toy)
- lottery wheel
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- empty, hollow, bare, vacant, deserted
- main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)