List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- composure, calmness, self-possession, presence of mind
- depositing (at the bottom), deposition, accumulation, adherence
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- quick, prompt, alert, smart, clever, astute, shrewd, quick-witted
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- old type, old style
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) Buddhism な adjective adjective (generic)
- idle complaint, grumble
- moha (ignorance, folly)
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- interest, eagerness, enthusiasm
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- near oneself, close to one, familiar
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) go (game) interjection
- no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken
- hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless
- cannot, must not, not allowed
- neutral point, intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
- no!, stop!
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- mostly, ordinarily, usually, generally
- probably
- most, almost all
- ordinary
- proper, appropriate, moderate
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- weak (constitution), sickly, feeble, in poor health
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- poor, meagre, meager, feeble, scanty, shabby, insubstantial