List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
colloquial な adjective adjective (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- (very) happy, euphoric, buoyant, walking on air
な adjective adjective (generic)
- saline, halophytic
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- precocious
- precocious child
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- collating (printing)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- peace throughout the world
- carefree, peaceful, relaxed
mathematics な adjective adjective (generic)
- discrete
formal or literary term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- monstrously ugly, hideous, ugly and bizarre
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb taking the と particle adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective archaic
- lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore)
- steadily (advancing), gradually (approaching)
- sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object), just enough
- speedily, promptly, quickly, smoothly
- closely, exactly
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- deafness, the deaf
expression noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- blindness, the blind