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)
- intellectual
な adjective adjective (generic)
- farcical, comical
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- playful, mischievous
- joker, prankster, scamp, rascal
- brown eyes
chemistry な adjective adjective (generic)
- intermediate
な adjective adjective (generic)
- central, mainline
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- impartiality, fairness
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- hollow, concave
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- middle way, (golden) mean, moderation, middle path
- the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- impertinent, impudent, saucy, cheeky
rare term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- ruined, withered