List: pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
Adjectives occurring before nouns and not in a predicative position.
archaic usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- faint, fleeting
formal or literary term pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unhappy, sad, miserable, wretched, gloomy, melancholic, bitter
expression pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- pierced, drilled, perforated, hollow
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- coming to an end, dying out
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- strange, queer
expression pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- seamless, contiguous, unbroken, non-stop
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- The Great (e.g. in film and book titles), The Grand
usually written using kana alone dated term pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- accursed, damned, blasted
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- good old, good old-fashioned