List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- bottling
- bottled
popular JLPT N2 mathematics noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- fraction
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- humanities, social sciences, and fine arts, liberal arts
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun (suffix)
- distinction, difference, discrimination
- separate, different, another, extra
- exception, exclusion
- classified by, ranked by, according to
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- almost, nearly, mostly, practically, virtually, basically, just about, all but
- hardly, barely, scarcely, little
- large majority, large proportion, greater part, most (of), almost all (of)
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- about, roughly, approximately
- generally, on the whole, as a rule
- completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb)
- outline, gist
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- each, individual
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb conjunction
- ordinary, common, usual
- free of charge
- unaffected, as is, safe
- only, merely, just, simply
- but, however, nevertheless
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- previously, already, for some time, for quite a while
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone noun (suffix)
- barefoot
- superior to (e.g. a professional), outdoing, outshining