List: pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
Adjectives occurring before nouns and not in a predicative position.
formal or literary term pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- strange, mysterious, queer, weird
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- ideal, desirable, the way something should be, target, goal
usually written using kana alone suffix pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- -less, lacking, non-existing
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) adverb
- what kind of, whatever sort of
- no matter what, however much
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- eager, earnest, ardent
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) archaic adverb
- the usual, as it always is
- said, that (previously-mentioned person or object), aforementioned, you-know-(who, what, etc.)
- in the usual way
search-only kana form usually written using kana alone expression pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- that sort of, like that
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- tiny, little, wee
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- large, big
- grown (man, etc.)
- great (friend, etc.), huge (football fan, etc.)
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- strange, odd, unusual