List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- highly skilled, skillful, very capable, competent, able
- particularly able person, master-hand, person of ability
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- vulgarity, rural customs
formal or literary term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- haughty, arrogant, insolent, proud
irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- haughty, arrogant, supercilious
yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic)
- haughty, arrogant, overbearing
obsolete term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- haughty, arrogant, insolent, proud
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- luck, windfall, godsend, good fortune
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- presumptuous, arrogant, audacious, forward, insolent
obsolete reading rare term noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- audacity, forwardness, effrontery, impertinence
な adjective adjective (generic)
- ephemeral, transitory