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) noun noun (generic)
- honest, trustworthy, upright, sincere
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- bad at romance, awkward in relationships
slang expression noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- awesome, the best
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- careless, incoherent, sloppy, negligent
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
search-only kanji form 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