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 adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- always, all the time, at all times
- never
- usual, regular, habitual, customary
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone adverb
- another place, some other place, somewhere else, outside
- another (person or thing), other, different, something else, someone else, the rest, et al.
- beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.), outside
- except, but, other than, apart from
- besides, in addition to, as well as, on top of
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- every kind, all sorts
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- student discount
popular search-only kana form irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form sensitive usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- madness, madman
- enthusiast, freak, junkie
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb
- a little, a few, small, slight, trifling, meagre, meager, narrow (margin)
- only, just, merely, no more than
近くちかくchikakupopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- near, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
- nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"), close to
- shortly, soon
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- nearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia
popular JLPT N3 adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) dated term
- lately, recently, nowadays
- terribly, awfully, extremely
金きんkinpopular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) abbreviation counter historical term shogi colloquial
- gold (metal)
- gold (color)
- gold (medal), first place (prize)
- something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence)
- money, gold coin
- sum (of money)
- Friday
- karat (measure of purity of gold), carat
- metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing)
- Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty
- gold general
- testicles