List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- unimpressive, unimpressed
な adjective adjective (generic)
- dreamlike, dreamy, phantasmagorical
な adjective adjective (generic)
- instinctive, instinctual
irregular reading noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- brutality, inhumanity
な adjective adjective (generic)
- analogical
な adjective adjective (generic)
- of great promise, with a promising future
な adjective adjective (generic)
- auxiliary, supplementary, subsidiary, ancillary
な adjective adjective (generic)
- irregular, atypical, anomalous, anomalistic, abnormal
な adjective adjective (generic)
- common, plebeian
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- commonplace, ordinary, trite
- informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)