List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- good fortune, luck, happiness
- vipaka (retribution)
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- urgency, exigency, emergency
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cruel treatment
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- severe, fierce, stern
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- encumbrance, burden, drag
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- dainty, delicate, slender, slim and elegant
- fragile (e.g. furniture), delicate, frail
な adjective adjective (generic)
- too small, too little
な adjective adjective (generic)
- transitional
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) abbreviation linguistics
- excessive, unmerited, generous
- past participle
な adjective adjective (generic)
- everybody for himself, everyone for themselves