List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- knowledgeable
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- athletic, good at sports
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic)
- (eating) noisily, (chewing) with an open mouth, while smacking
- crumpled, creased
- messy, disorderly, untidy
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- very unskillful, extremely awkward
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- cheapskate, very miserly
colloquial abbreviation noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- sentimental, sentimentality
obsolete reading search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- fierce look, frightening look, tough look
- aggressive attitude, coercive attitude, taking a hard line
gairaigo waseigo English origin な adjective adjective (generic)
- occult, spooky, eerie
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- mischievous
な adjective adjective (generic)
- immediate, quick, sudden