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)
- a little short, sawed-off (pants)
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- a little too short
- slightly worse, a bit inferior
な adjective adjective (generic)
- worldly, secular
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- weirdly beautiful
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- ghastly, gruesome, appalling, lurid
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clear, fair, fine, serene
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- fairness, justice
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- the front
- honest, upright, decent, proper, respectable, straight, serious, sensible
な adjective adjective (generic)
- upright
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- spotless integrity, absolute honesty, uprightness