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 noun (generic)
- young and weak
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- deep and remote
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- acquaintance
たる adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する な adjective
- affectionately attached, reluctant to part
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- formal (way), orthodox, regular, proper, real, genuine
- in earnest, serious, proper, full-blown (e.g. winter)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- severely (criticize, run down, etc.), terribly, harshly, scathingly
- unable to differentiate the good from the bad, (valuable and worthless things) treated the same
な adjective adjective (generic)
- overly serious, serious to a fault, humorless
rarely used kanji form derogatory usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- shithead, bastard
- fucking, bloody, damned
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- out of the question, unthinkable, impossible
な adjective adjective (generic) たる adjective adverb taking the と particle
- pitiable, pitiful, piteous, sorry, sad