List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- sage, wise man, philosopher, disciple
- sagacity, wisdom, intelligence
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- stupid, foolish
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being fond of children, person who likes children
- being liked by children
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- crisp, curt, laconic, terse, spare
な adjective adjective (generic)
- insulting, derogatory
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- low quality, poor quality
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) adverb
- a lot, many, much
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) adverb
- thoroughly, completely, utterly
- severely, harshly, terribly, miserably, wretchedly, badly
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) adverb
- thoroughly, completely, utterly
- severely, harshly, terribly, miserably, wretchedly, badly
colloquial な adjective adjective (generic)
- unskilled, awkward, bad, clumsy, poor