List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) obsolete term
- infirmities of old age
- young and old, all ages
search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- stinginess, miserliness, parsimony
irregular reading search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- ferocious, fierce, truculent, savage
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- avarice, greed
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- seeming dangerous, risky, unsafe, chancy, unsteady, clumsy, awkward
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- rough-hewn, incomplete, unrefined, still in the process of being formed
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- disagreeableness, unpleasantness, nastiness, offensiveness, tastelessness
- cutting remark, disagreeable remark, snide comment, sarcastic comment
rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- cavity, hollow, void
- hollow (voice, smile, etc.), blank (eyes, look, etc.), vacant (expression, stare, etc.), empty (words, heart, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- considerably, fairly, quite, rather, pretty
formal or literary term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- fierce