List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
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
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- innocent, simple-minded
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- lawlessness, injustice, wrong, outrage
- outrageous, lawless, disorderly, unjust, unreasonable
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- savage, barbarous, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- Western style
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- long and large, tall and large, grand, huge
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- mysterious, mystical
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- old-fashioned, archaic, antique, antiquated
popular irregular reading な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- voluntary, optional, free, elective