List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- young person, youngster
- greenhorn, novice, inexperienced person
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- average (ability, looks, etc.), ordinary, normal, run-of-the-mill
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- whim, caprice, vagary, eccentricity
rarely used kana form search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- lewdness, lewd person, pervert, lecher
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- desperate, reckless
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- naked, nude
- unvarnished (e.g. truth), plain (e.g. fact), frank, candid, outspoken
yojijukugo noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- monotonous, humdrum, stereotyped, banal, dull
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) expression
- hurry, rush, flurry
- simple, brief, quick
- rough, crude, careless, inadequate
- yours sincerely, yours in haste
obsolete kanji な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- cool and refreshing
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- abrupt, sudden