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List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.

Showing 3321 - 3330 of 5395 words for the list adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi). #adj-na
灼然いやちこiyachiko

gikun or jukujikun  archaic  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • clear (miracle, sign from the Gods) manifest
  • plain as day, obvious, clear
幽静ゆうせいyuusei

な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • profoundly quiet, serene
静寧せいねいseinei

obsolete term  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • peace, calm, tranquility
貪戻たんれいtanrei

archaic  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • avariciousness and inhumanity
空寂くうじゃくkuujaku

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic)  archaic  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things), nirvana (where this emptiness is realized)
  • quiet and lonely
威高いたかitaka

archaic  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

  • arrogant, haughty, self-important
無げなげnage

な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • appearing as if something doesn't exist, casual, offhand
人も無げひともなげhitomonage

な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

  • arrogant, insolent, overbearing
生半なまなかnamanaka

な adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb 

  • halfway-done, mediocre, uncertain, half-hearted
  • half-heartedly, insufficiently
実しやかまことしやかmakotoshiyaka

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • plausible (but untrue), credible (e.g. lie), specious, seemingly truthful

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