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 JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- brave, courageous, gallant, valiant, heroic
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- empty, vacant, hollow
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- empty stomach, hunger
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- silence, stillness, quietness
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- spoiled, spoilt, ruined, wasted (chance, etc.), messed up, destroyed, (coming to) nothing
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sharp, keen, acute
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- untalkative, quiet, taciturn, reticent, uncommunicative
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- gentle, mild, meek, tender
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- common, usual
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- good (person, nature, etc.), good-natured, virtuous, honest