List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
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
な adjective adjective (generic)
- supportive (role), assistant, assisting
な adjective adjective (generic)
- proud, boastful, bragging, conceited
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- chicken-hearted, lily-livered, cowardly
expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- plentiful, lot of, much, pile of
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- unfinished, unripe, incomplete
- unfermented narezushi, unfermented brine-pickled sushi
- noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- inexperienced, unripe, greenhorn, amateur
- unfermented narezushi