List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- tranquil, calm, quiet, peaceful, serene
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- having refined and distinguished features, having a bright face
な adjective adjective (generic)
- reversible
onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- dangling
な adjective adjective (generic)
- religious, spiritual
ateji noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- foolish thing, stupid thing, absurdity
expression noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- real nuisance, becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- dissonance, discord
archaic な adjective adjective (generic) archaic/formal form of na-adjective
- prone to crying
な adjective adjective (generic)
- seeming to want to say something, looking like one wants to give one's opinion