List: adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Adjectival nouns (keiyō-dōshi) or adjectives finishing in な before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- bone
- frame
- outline, core
- backbone, spirit, fortitude
- laborious, troublesome, difficult
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) euphemistic
- difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress
- infeasibility, inability (to carry out)
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- flexible, lithe, soft, pliable
- calisthenics
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- favourable, favorable, doing well, OK, all right
popular search-only kanji form historical term noun noun (generic) colloquial な adjective adjective (generic)
- Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
- reminiscent of the Shōwa era, Shōwa-nostalgic, old-fashioned, quaint, old-school
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) dated term
- worry, concern, anxiety, uneasiness, fear
- care, help, aid, assistance
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- total, complete, all-out, general, extensive, full-scale
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- simple, plain, uncomplicated, straightforward, simple-minded, naive
popular JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, proper, right, pertinent, relevant
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- identical, same, one and the same, equal
- fair, equal treatment, without discrimination