List: pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
Adjectives occurring before nouns and not in a predicative position.
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- somehow, how, in what way, why, what kind of
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- small, minute, tiny, little, insignificant
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- coarse, uncultured
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- reasonable, natural
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- only ..., no more than ..., a matter of
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- chief, main, principal, important
formal or literary term pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- prior, past, old
- when one was alive, during one's lifetime
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) expression
- my, one's own
- I ..., one ...
archaic pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- last ... (e.g. "last April")
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- casual, indifferent, nonchalant