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) interjection colloquial dated term
- high spirits, high energy, go-go mood, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement
- go!, go-man-go!
- fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman), flashy
- adjoining (rooms)
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- arrogant, haughty, insolent
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- love of animals, animal lover
な adjective adjective (generic)
- momentary, instantaneous
な adjective adjective (generic)
- internal (to a country), interior, home, national, domestic
expression な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- safe and secure, safe and worry-free
な adjective adjective (generic)
- seeming bad
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- seeming happy
な adjective adjective (generic)
- seeming good
な adjective adjective (generic)
- looking like one is in a good mood