List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
honorific language な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- polite, courteous, civil
- careful, close, thorough, conscientious
- overly courteous, overly careful, overly thorough
archaic noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- unclear speech
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being good at giving compliments, person who is good at giving compliments, charmer
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being good at dressing fashionably, good dresser
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being good at shopping sensibly, sensible shopper, shrewd buyer, smart shopper
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being good at selling, shrewd salesman
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being resourceful (esp. with household finances), being good at managing things
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being good at cooking, good cook
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- being good at being spoiled, being good at using puppy-dog eyes, person who is good at getting others to spoil them
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- having worldly wisdom, worldly person, cosmopolitan