attributive adjective
A grammatical term for adjectives that can only be used attributively (before a noun), not predicatively. In Japanese linguistics, it often refers to certain adnominal forms or specific adjective classes.
English 'main' is an attributive adjective and cannot be used predicatively.
日本語学では、連体詞の一部を限定形容詞と呼ぶことがある。
In Japanese linguistics, some adnominal words are sometimes called attributive adjectives.