List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
irregular kanji usage yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- desperate situation with no escape, being driven into a corner, being cornered, last extremity
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- absolutely necessary
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- matchless, peerless, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled, unrivaled
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb
- tolerable, passable, adequate, so-so
な adjective adjective (generic)
- transcendental
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- tapering toward the end
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- thicker towards the end, club-shaped
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- thousand-fold
yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- innumerable, unfathomable, unutterable
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- arbitrary decision, using one's own discretion, acting on one's own authority