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) noun (prefix)
- difference (from one another), different thing, other
- unusual, extraordinary
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- completely exhausted, dog-tired, dreadfully weary, terribly frustrated, limp, weak, flimsy
search-only kana form colloquial な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb
- muscular, brawny
search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- stinginess, miserliness, penny-pinching, miser, pinchpenny, skinflint, cheapskate, tightwad, niggard
- shabby, cheap, mangy, poor, paltry
- petty, narrow-minded, mean-spirited, small-minded
- bad luck, ill omen, misfortune, jinx
abbreviation noun noun (generic) slang な adjective adjective (generic)
- template
- run of the mill, formulaic
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) Japanese mythology
- flat and smooth
- unchanging, featureless, expressionless, monotonous
- noppera-bō, humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face
ateji usually written using kana alone colloquial な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- strange, odd, queer, peculiar, weird
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- jumble, hodgepodge, mishmash, disorderly mixture
abbreviation slang な adjective adjective (generic)
- of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- prostrating oneself