List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- earnest, sincere, acute, keen, fervent
- pressing, urgent, serious, severe
- pertinent, appropriate
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- great (quantity, amount, etc.), huge, enormous, serious
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- profit, advantage, benefit, gain
- rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- cultural
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- innumerable, countless, numberless
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- irresponsibility
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) colloquial adverb
- fierce, intense, severe, violent, strong, vehement, terrific, terrible
- very, extremely, terribly, totally
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- promising, hopeful, full of promise
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) adverb
- extra, more, too much, too many, excessive, superfluous, spare, surplus
- unnecessary, needless, uncalled-for, unwanted, uninvited
- all the more, even more
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- steady, sound, stable, safe (e.g. business), reliable, trustworthy, solid