List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
abbreviation な adjective adjective (generic)
- quantitative
な adjective adjective (generic)
- implied, implicit
onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- oversized (clothing), baggy
- rolling in (of money), (profiting) greatly
- sloshing (e.g. of water), gushing
rarely used kanji form noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- almost completely empty, virtually empty
- inadequately defended, undefended, unguarded, unprotected
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- with people jostling against one another, teeming, heaving, jam-packed
expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- triumphant (over a mediocre achievement), boastful, as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck
search-only kanji form expression な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- flippant, saucy, know-all
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- eloquence, cleverness in speaking
な adjective adjective (generic)
- easygoing, unconventional, happy-go-lucky, light
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- worthless, shit
- disparaging, demeaning