List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- inconvenience, inexpediency, unhandiness
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- reckless, thoughtless, rash, ill-advised, impulsive, mad (e.g. scheme)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- tolerant, generous, lenient, broad-minded, magnanimous
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- narrow, tight, cramped
- formal, stiff, strict, ceremonious, rigid
- constrained, uncomfortable
- tight (e.g. finances)
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- innocence, guiltlessness, purity, uprightness, integrity
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated
- understanding, considerate, thoughtful, sensible
- familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- surprise, something unexpected
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- violence, oppression, high-handedness, tyranny, despotism
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) abbreviation slang expression
- (the) second (party, rank, etc.), B (grade), the latter
- stylish, chic, smart, witty, tasty
- strange, quaint, queer
- thank you, good job
- see you, goodbye, goodnight
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- simple, brief