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)
- ideological
ateji rarely used kanji form irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective Kansai-ben
- truth, reality
な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- rock hard, stiff and unyielding (personality)
- clangor
noun noun (generic) manga slang な adjective adjective (generic)
- tundra
- sharp and sarcastic without ever acting lovestruck
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の dated term
- piece of junk, worn-out article
- clumsy, useless, no good, unreliable
- dismantled car
- hitting (with fist), striking
な adjective adjective (generic)
- allegorical, emblematic
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- wide-open
- frank, open, candid
search-only kanji form humble language な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- poor, lame, ill-prepared
noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) な adjective noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- worn-out, run-down, shabby, tattered, dilapidated
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- lazybones, good-for-nothing, idler, slacker, loafer