List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular ateji noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- bitterness, bitter taste
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- patching (clothing), darning
- cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.), gathering
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- seeming, pose, show, pretense, sham, mock
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) archaic
- later, afterwards
- future
- after one's death
- descendant
popular JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- official, governmental, formal
- public (use, matter, forum, etc.), common
- being public knowledge, being out in the open, exposure to public view
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- national holiday, festival day
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- next, following, subsequent
- stage, station
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective grammar martial arts
- the defensive
- passive attitude, passivity, passiveness
- the passive, passive voice
- ukemi (the art of falling safely)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) colloquial noun noun (generic)
- for the first time
- only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ...
- first time, (one's) first
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- fraction (part of), decimal fraction