List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- inexperienced, incompetent, inept, incapable, careless
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- haughty, arrogant, insolent, presumptuous
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- bad form or manners, indecency, impropriety
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- disloyalty, infidelity
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- disharmony, discord, dissonance, incongruity
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- unfaithfulness, infidelity, unchastity
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unfitness, incompetency
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- inequality, disparity
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- immorality, iniquity, impropriety
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unwise plan, bad policy, inexpediency