List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- confusion, disturbance, commotion, chaos, disorder
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- blunt (e.g. sword), dull
- lazy, cowardly, good for nothing
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) noun な adjective adjective (generic)
- idly, lazily, aimlessly
- evasively, elusively, vaguely, non-committally
- laziness, fooling around, lazy person
noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) な adjective
- hack, untrained, incompetent, useless, quack (doctor)
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の colloquial manga slang noun noun (generic)
- crushed flat, flattened, squashed, flat-topped
- flat-chested girl, flat chested girl
- sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- vain person, ostentatious person, show-off
な adjective adjective (generic)
- proud, triumphant, boastful
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- multicolored, multicoloured, of various colors, of various colours
- diverse, of all kinds, all manners of, a variety of
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- refreshing
- neat, tidy, trim
search-only kanji form noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- very busy