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)
- biological
search-only kana form slang な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- high (on drugs), wasted, spaced-out, stoned
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- painstaking (e.g. effort), excruciating (e.g. hard work), grueling
gairaigo waseigo English origin search-only kana form colloquial な adjective adjective (generic)
- junk (food), unhealthy
な adjective adjective (generic)
- extrajudicial, extralegal, supralegal
rarely used kanji form poetical term noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- eternity, perpetuity, permanence
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- eternity
formal or literary term dated term たる adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle な adjective noun noun (generic)
- lonely, lonesome, dreary, desolate, deserted, forlorn
な adjective adjective (generic)
- immersive
な adjective adjective (generic)
- Orwellian