List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- obscene, indecent, lewd, bawdy, loose, improper, dirty
formal or literary term noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- debauchery, dissipation, lewdness, lasciviousness
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lewdness, lasciviousness
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- debauched, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, salacious, wild
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- obscene, indecent, salacious, lascivious, lewd
な adjective adjective (generic)
- crafty, tricky, sly, wily, treacherous, underhand
- sinister (look)
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sadness and gloom
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- gloomy, melancholy, dreary, depressed, dismal
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- obscurity, mystery, abstruseness
な adjective adjective (generic) obsolete term
- roundabout, indirect, circuitous, impractical, useless
- ignorant (of the world)