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) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- peerless, unparalleled, unparallelled
search-only kanji form yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- dull, uninteresting, dry, insipid, boring, prosaic
yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の たる adjective adverb taking the と particle noun noun (generic)
- indifferent to worldly gain
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- recklessness, daredevilry, daredevil, reckless person
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- providential protection
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lucid, clear
な adjective adjective (generic)
- bright red
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- intelligence, discernment
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