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 noun (generic)
- self-willed, (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- economical
- economy size, family size (esp. of packaged food)
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- love of learning
な adjective adjective (generic)
- toxicology, toxicological
irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- self-conceit, self-satisfaction, self-righteousness, self-importance, complacency
な adjective adjective (generic)
- sudden, unexpected, unpredictable, unforeseen
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- erratic, offbeat, wild, unconventional, extraordinary, weird, eccentric, reckless
archaic な adjective adjective (generic)
- honest and homely, simple
ateji usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- absurdity, contradiction, incoherence, irrelevance
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- mainly cloudy, tending to be cloudy