List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- fresh, new
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- conscious, deliberate, intentional
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- wrong, bad, improper, unjustifiable, inadvisable
- not allowed, not possible
- failing grade
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- irrational, illogical, unreasonable, absurd, inconsistent
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unripe, green, immature
- immature, inexperienced, unskilled, green
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- violence, assault, rowdiness, wildness, running riot
- rough (handling, language, etc.), reckless, careless, coarse, rude, unreasonable (e.g. demand), wild (e.g. argument)
- rape, sexual assault
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- good luck, fortune
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- formal