List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
search-only kana form ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- reckless, daredevil, frantic, foolhardy
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- looking or acting as if one owned the place
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic)
- crunching, chewing or crushing something hard, scraping, scratching
- hard and crunchy
- very skinny, emaciated, all skin and bones
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- uniform, standard
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- elegant, graceful
な adjective adjective (generic)
- recursive
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- recoverable
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- non-recoverable, unrecoverable, irreparable, irreversible, irretrievable
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- mystery, curiosity, strangeness, monstrosity
- ghost, monster, apparition, phantom, spectre, specter, goblin
な adjective adjective (generic)
- puzzled, perplexed, quizzical, dubious, suspicious