List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- surface, face
- outside, exterior
- appearances, superficiality
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- dullness, slump, stagnation, inactivity, depression
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- injustice, unfairness, wrongdoing, iniquity, impropriety, irregularity, dishonesty, illegality, fraud
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- scenery, scene, landscape, view, sight
- scene (e.g. of a crime)
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- northern part, the north (of a region)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb
- end, tip, top
- end (of the year, month, etc.), close
- youngest child
- descendants, offspring, posterity
- future
- (finally) after, (at last) after, at the end of
- trifles, trivialities
- degenerate age
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- without an occupation, unemployed, jobless
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- reserve, spare
- preparation, preliminaries
隣となりtonaripopular irregular okurigana obsolete kanji JLPT N5 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- next (to), adjoining, adjacent
- house next door, neighbouring house, next-door neighbour, next-door neighbor
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- customer, client, patron