List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- quick-witted, a flash of brilliance, great wisdom
JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- tender, warm, caring, thoughtful
- meticulous, detailed, attentive
- deep (of a colour), thick (e.g. fog)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- common, ordinary, conventional, customary
な adjective adjective (generic)
- horrible, deadly, punishing, murderous
たる adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle な adjective
- brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.), savage, fierce, violent, bloodthirsty, stark
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- confused, inconsistent, incoherent, patchy
な adjective adjective (generic)
- third grade, third class, tertiary
な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- here and there, scattered about
- to be scattered around
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- available, enabled, can be used, may be used
な adjective adjective (generic)
- historic, historical