List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal
- enough, sufficient
- enough, too many, too much
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- yearning, longing, aspiration, adoration, admiration
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- being lightly dressed
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- whole house, whole audience
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- below zero, sub-zero
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb adverb taking the と particle noun noun (generic)
- various, a variety of, all sorts of, many (different)
- variously, in various ways, in many ways
- various things, this and that
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- peat
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- imported, foreign-made
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun (suffix) noun (generic) noun
- indispensable, essential, must-have
- handbook, manual, vade mecum
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) archaic
- unclean, dirty, impure
- bathroom, toilet (room)
- menstruation, menses
- feces, faeces