List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb taking the と particle
- wonderful, marvelous, strange, incredible, amazing, curious, miraculous, mysterious
- strangely enough, oddly enough, for some reason, curiously
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- useless, futile
- unnecessary, needless
- not on business, unrelated, unauthorised, unauthorized
- prohibited, banned, forbidden
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- open, unconcealed, undisguised, blatant, plain, frank
- broad, lewd, indecent, crude
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- indiscrimination, without discrimination
- indiscriminate
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- desperate, frantic, excited, worked up, heated, eager
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- informal, simplified
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- firm, strong, solid, stable
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- the very best, excellent, superb
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- quick pace
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- multilateral, many-sided, diversified