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)
- completely submissive to another person
な adjective adjective (generic)
- fundamental, basic
search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic)
- deceptive, fraudulent
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- secure, solid, stable
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- crucial, key, most important, main (point)
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- refined, elegant
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- wickedness
- wicked person
rare term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unruly (e.g. of a child), unyielding, disobedient, strong-willed
rarely used kanji form formal or literary term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clever, bright, smart, intelligent
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) mathematics
- low-level, trivial, coarse, vulgar
- low-dimension