List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- kanji without kanbun assistance markings
- poetry, haiku, etc. without comments or corrections
- meaningless, incomprehensible
な adjective adjective (generic)
- simple, plain, honest, unaffected, frank, unpretentious
な adjective adjective (generic)
- enterprising
な adjective adjective (generic)
- consecutive, continuous, successive
rarely used kanji form noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- a little late, somewhat late, latish
- a little slow, somewhat slow
な adjective adjective (generic)
- discontinuous
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- thick, meaty, fleshy
rare term な adjective adjective (generic)
- serious, sincere, honest
な adjective adjective (generic)
- contemptuous, disdainful, scornful
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lewdness, lewd person, lecher