Whenever I teach なadjectives, I always tell them to be careful with きれい (pretty) and ゆうめい (famous) because even though they end in “い”, they are なadjectives. The other day, one of my students said if there are only 2 exceptions, it’s not too hard to remember, so I had to confess that there are more. I’ll list commonly used ones here:
| 嫌い | きらい | kirai | unfond of |
| 奇麗 | きれい | kirei | pretty, beautiful |
| 有名 | ゆうめい | yuumei | famous, well-known |
| 得意 | とくい | tokui | (one’s) forte, good (at) |
| 不快 | ふかい | hukai | unpleasant |
| 意外 | いがい | igai | unexpected, surprising |
| 愉快 | ゆかい | yukai | amusing |
| 冷静 | れいせい | reisei | calm, composed |
| 厄介 | やっかい | yakkai | troublesome |
| 難解 | なんかい | nankai | difficult |
| 明快 | めいかい | meikai | clear; articulate |
| 奇怪 | きかい | kikai | strange; mysterious; weird |
| 詳細 | しょうさい | shousai | detailed |
I’m not sure if this helps but look at the left-most column above. Apart from the top one, 嫌い, they all written in Kanji characters only. Their ending い is NOT written in Hiragana.
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