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 adverb dated term な adjective adjective (generic) Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- extraordinarily, astonishingly, extremely, terribly, awfully, unreasonably, absurdly
- extraordinary, outrageous, absurd, unreasonable
- unconditioned dharma
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- in chaos, incoherent
sensitive な adjective adjective (generic)
- reckless, blind, without knowing, at random
な adjective adjective (generic)
- blind (devotion, faith, etc.), reckless
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- but then, although, though
- reasonable, natural, just
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations, Yelang thinks too highly of itself
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- vulgar, coarse, crude, boorish, ill-mannered, mean, base
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic)
- indiscriminately, blindly, at random, recklessly, thoughtlessly, excessively, profusely
- indiscriminate, random, excessive
yojijukugo noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- one and only, unique
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- Excellent (grade), A
- superiority, excellence
- gentle, graceful, elegant
- skillful