List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
archaic noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- elegant beauty, dazzling beauty
archaic adverb な adjective adjective (generic)
- plenty
gikun or jukujikun Internet slang noun (prefix) noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- incredible, fantastic, amazing
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- elegance, grace
- festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
な adjective adjective (generic)
- enlightening
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- (looking) very bleak, having dim prospects
な adjective adjective (generic)
- purposeful, purposive, intentional
な adjective adjective (generic)
- innate
な adjective adjective (generic)
- high tension (as in electronics, etc.), high-tensile (e.g. steel)
- excited, enthusiastic, hyped, high-strung, worked-up, intense
archaic noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun (prefix)
- difference (from one another), different thing, other
- unusual, extraordinary