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)
- left in a state of neglect, left to go to ruin, left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- faint hopes, dim prospects, little hope, unlikely (to be successful)
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- thoughtlessness, indiscretion
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- thoughtless, heedless, rash
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unaware, unmindful, unconscious, blind, apathetic
rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- intangible, incorporeal
- unreasonable, preposterous, absurd
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- artless, simple
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- lacking talent, lacking accomplishments
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- amorphous, shapeless
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lacking fixed principles, inconsistent, fickle