List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
ateji colloquial usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- very strange, odd, queer
yojijukugo な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- very strange, bizarre, weird, mysterious
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- strange, curious, odd
rare term formal or literary term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- witty, original, clever, astute, novel
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- greedy, ruthless, cruel, exploitative
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- gadabout
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- impudence, shamelessness, brazenness, arrogance, audacity, effrontery, nerve
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- conscientious, scrupulous
な adjective adjective (generic)
- functional
な adjective adjective (generic)
- mechanical