List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- somewhat far, fairly distant
な adjective adjective (generic)
- quantitative
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- ecstatic, excited, wild, intoxicating
- painfully (of a headache), stinging
- ice-cold (beer, etc.)
- noisily (chirping, barking, etc.)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- severely (criticize, run down, etc.), terribly, harshly, scathingly
- unable to differentiate the good from the bad, (valuable and worthless things) treated the same
な adjective adjective (generic)
- morphofunctional
onomatopoeic or mimetic word colloquial な adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の
- crusty, flaky, dried out
な adjective adjective (generic)
- slovenly, slipshod, excessively casual
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- refined (prose, etc.)
な adjective adjective (generic)
- additional
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- leaving open, leaving ajar
- outspoken, frank