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)
- golden and shiny
- gaudy, gaudily decorated
- brand spanking new, new and shiny
yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- square, formal, prim, stuffy
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- longish, moderately long, somewhat long, fairly long
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- lubrication, smoothness
な adjective adjective (generic)
- adaptable, flexible, versatile, unfixed
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- desperation, despair, self-abandonment
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- exaggerated beyond recognition, nonsense, wild talk, lies
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- respectfulness and modesty, deference
noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) medicine
- contraction, narrowing
- stricture, stenosis
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- wisdom, sagacity, wise man