List: adjective (generic)
All kinds of Japanese adjectives
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.), severe, hard, strict
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- custom, habit, customary practice
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- pure, innocent, naive, unspoilt, pure-hearted, ingenuous
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- diving, diver
- unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.), unregistered, unqualified
- outsider, stranger
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- womanly, ladylike, feminine
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- heartening, reassuring
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody
- degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen
- worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary
- fishy, suspicious, questionable
popular JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic)
- regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate
- precious, dear, valuable
- too good for, deserving better
- almost (but not quite), close (but no cigar)
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) philosophy
- inborn, innate, inherent, congenital, hereditary
- a priori
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- charge (of something), matter in one's charge, (one's) assignment, (one's) job