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)
- regrettable, vexing, upsetting
- unthinkable, wholly unexpected
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) mathematics
- correct, proper, formal, regular, systematic, normal
- invertible (matrix), holomorphic
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- pure, clean, purity
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- just like, (virtually) no different from, (almost) the same as, as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- foolish, stupid, silly
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- self-evident, obvious, axiomatic, self-explanatory, trivial
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- serious, earnest
- real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- estrangement, alienation, neglecting to stay in contact
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- mean, contemptible, despicable, dirty, foul, cowardly, base
popular rarely used kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clumsy, awkward, unskillful
- incompetent, inept, bungling, (socially) awkward, gawky, gauche