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List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.

Showing 1821 - 1830 of 5395 words for the list adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi). #adj-na
ザクザクzakuzaku

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.)
ざっくばらんzakkubaran

な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • frank, candid, outspoken, unreserved
じゃりじゃりjarijari

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.)
すっからかんsukkarakan

な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

  • completely empty
  • penniless, flat broke
すっぽんぽんsupponpon

な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

  • utterly stark naked, wearing only one's birthday suit
擦れ擦れすれすれsuresure

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
小っぽけちっぽけchippoke

search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  colloquial  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • very small, tiny, insignificant
点々ちょぼちょぼchobochobo

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)
テカテカtekateka

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
ドジdoji

な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

  • blunder, bungle, clumsiness

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