List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- very, greatly, much, considerably, to a large extent, quite
- just about to, almost, very nearly
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- agile (person's movements), nimble, adroit, lively, brisk, skillful
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- blue-green
- lush growth
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- rough, crude, unrefined
な adjective adjective (generic)
- satirical, sarcastic, ironic
computing な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- Turing complete
な adjective adjective (generic) Kansai-ben adverb
- what kind of, what sort of, what
- how, in what way
な adjective adjective (generic)
- electromagnetic
な adjective adjective (generic)
- autonomous, autonomic, self-sustaining, self-directed
な adjective adjective (generic)
- difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.)