List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- grace, refinement, elegance, daintiness
popular obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- eloquence, fluency (of speech)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- darkness
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- mincing, chopping finely
- short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps)
- gradual, bit by bit, little by little
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- soft, tender, pliant, supple
- soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild
- informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- misfortune, bad luck, ill luck, ill fortune
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- imperfect, incomplete, faulty, defective
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- irregular, unseasonable, changeable, unsettled, abnormal
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- disadvantage, handicap, drawback, inadvisability, inexpediency, loss
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- finite, limited