List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
上うえuepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) honorific language suffix archaic
- above, over, up
- top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase)
- surface, on (top of)
- the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part
- superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class)
- elder, older, senior
- with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk)
- besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ...
- after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ...
- since ..., now that ..., because ...
- honorable, venerable, dear
- emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo
popular JLPT N3 suffix noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) expression
- from the standpoint of, from the viewpoint of, with respect to, in terms of, as a matter of, in view of, so far as ... is concerned
- on, above, on top of, aboard (a ship or vehicle)
- the best, top, first class, first grade
- first volume (of a two or three-volume set), first book
- with my compliments
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends
- upside-down
popular search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- out-of-place, inappropriate, sticking out like a sore thumb
- produced at an unorthodox location
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- talking in one's sleep, somniloquy
- nonsense, gibberish
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- sleeping in late, oversleeping
- late riser, sleepyhead
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) logic abbreviation
- truth, reality, genuineness
- seriousness
- truth
- printed style writing
- star performer
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- square
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial abbreviation prefix archaic
- raw, uncooked, fresh
- natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed
- unprotected (sex), raw, bareback
- live (i.e. not recorded)
- inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude
- impudence, sauciness
- unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer
- blank (e.g. disk), unused
- just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-
- insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory
- cash
- tipsiness
popular ateji search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- unfortunately, sorry, but ...