List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
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
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- inconsistency between one's words and actions, insincerity, saying one thing and doing another
prefix noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- white
- unseasoned, undyed, unaltered
- very much, precisely
- playing dumb
- unfeigned, honest, diligent
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- entirely useless, completely worthless
- no no, don't!
rare term noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- frivolity, superficiality, fickleness, lack of substance