List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- eternity, perpetuity
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- innocent (esp. of a girl), naive, inexperienced
- virgin, maiden
- young striped mullet
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- undefined, unspecified
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- unread
な adjective adjective (generic)
- civil
な adjective adjective (generic)
- popular
な adjective adjective (generic)
- ethnic, racial, national
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- rude, outspoken, presumptuous, cheeky
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- uneducated, ignorant, illiterate
- arhat, person who has attained nirvana
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- numb, insensitive (e.g. to pain)
- apathetic, insensitive, indifferent, impervious, callous, thick-skinned