List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- stupid, half-witted, dull-witted, thickheaded
- blockhead, idiot, dimwit
ちゃんぽんchanponnoun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time), mixture
- dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)
な adjective adjective (generic)
- charming, bewitching, coquettish
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle archaic archaic/formal form of na-adjective たる adjective
- coquettish, charming, seductive
- beautiful, graceful
な adjective adjective (generic)
- conceptual
な adjective adjective (generic)
- crude, unrefined, coarse, rough
- ill-mannered, rude, insensitive, tactless, boorish
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- easy, smooth, without a hitch, quick
abbreviation computing noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- ubiquitous computing
- ubiquitous
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