List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic)
- walking on frost, crunching (e.g. on gravel)
- lots of coins or jewels
- cutting into large pieces, loosely weaving
- large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
な adjective adjective (generic)
- frank, candid, outspoken, unreserved
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)
- crunchy, gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- completely empty
- penniless, flat broke
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- utterly stark naked, wearing only one's birthday suit
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- grazing, skimming, almost touching, passing within inches, being within a whisker, shaving close
- barely, just, narrowly, by a slim margin
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone colloquial な adjective adjective (generic)
- very small, tiny, insignificant
usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sparsely, drop-by-drop
- on par with, as good as
- (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- gleaming, shining, glistening
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- blunder, bungle, clumsiness