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)
- violent
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- somewhat hard, somewhat firm, fairly hard, on the hard side
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- softish, relatively soft, somewhat soft, on the soft side
obsolete reading search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- laconic, of few words, reticent, quiet
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun noun (generic) adverb taking the と particle
- (wet) cough, (sound of) coughing
JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lavish, luxurious, showy, gaudy
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- baseless, groundless, unfounded, without evidence
physics chemistry noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- metastability
な adjective adjective (generic)
- archeological, archaeological
な adjective adjective (generic)
- habitual, customary