List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- high efficiency, high performance
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- qualitative
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- human, human-like, as a person
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- technical, specialist, professional, exclusive
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- direct
popular JLPT N2 adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic)
- unexpectedly, surprisingly
- unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, surprising
popular obsolete kanji search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone な adjective noun (suffix) adverb
- one cup (of), one glass (of), one bowl (of), cupful, glassful, bowlful, spoonful
- one drink (of alcohol)
- full, filled (with), brimming (with), crowded, packed
- fully, to capacity, to the maximum, as much as possible
- a lot, much, many
- all of ..., the entire ...
- one (squid, octopus, crab, etc.)
- one (boat)
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unskillful, poor, awkward
- imprudent, untactful
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- stubborn, obstinate, pigheaded