List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle archaic
- full of openings, half empty, spongy, pithy, patchy, thin, insubstantial, threadbare
- (cutting) sharply, cleanly
- (progressing) smoothly
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sparse
- distant (of a relationship), estranged, alienated
obsolete term noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- cheap, inexpensive
- pure, honest, upright
な adjective adjective (generic)
- high return
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- high-risk
honorific language noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- one person
- ordinary, common
archaic noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- intelligence, genius, scholarship, virtue
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) Kansai-ben prefix な adjective
- new, unused
- new
- obvious, natural
archaic noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) abbreviation Buddhism
- exposure, clarity
- exoteric Buddhism, public Buddhist teachings
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- cunning and wickedness
- cunning and wicked person