A grammatical term used especially in Japanese-as-a-second-language (JSL) contexts to refer to adjectives that take な when modifying nouns. Synonymous with 形容動詞 in traditional Japanese school grammar.
See also: 形容動詞
"Shizuka" is a na-adjective.
Na-adjectives use "na" when modifying a noun.
The other main adjective class in JSL, which ends in い when modifying nouns.
Standard spelling in Japanese-as-a-second-language contexts; the katakana ナ is conventional.
Hiragana variant, also seen in JSL materials.
Compound of ナ (na, the kana for the attributive form) + 形容詞 (keiyōshi, 'adjective'). Coined in Japanese language education to distinguish this class from イ形容詞 (i-adjectives).