List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の historical term
- eternity, permanence, perpetuity
- Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- yellow, amber
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clear, clear-cut, lucid, unequivocal, explicit
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- unexpected, unforeseen, strange
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- severe, harsh, hard, cruel, rigorous
popular な adjective adjective (generic) たる adjective adverb taking the と particle prefix
- innocent, chaste, naive
- pure, unmixed, genuine, unalloyed
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- proper, right, reasonable
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- elegance, dandyism, sophistication, having style
- affectation, showing off, putting on an air, appearances, doing something just for show
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- different (quality, nature), heterogeneous
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- impressive, striking, memorable, impactful