List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- deformation, anomaly, abnormality, variation
anatomy noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- distal
onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb taking the と particle adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic) intransitive verb
- billowy, fluffy, cloudlike, puffy, airy
- tenderly, amiably, softly, cheerfully, gently, pleasantly, dreamily
food, cooking noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- slicing thinly (of sashimi)
- thin (e.g. ceramics, glass)
botany noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- lanceolate (leaf shape)
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- having two residences or bases
expression noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- decreasing (graph falling to the right), sloping to the right, shrinking, declining
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- captive
genetics noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- wild type
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading formal or literary term noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb archaic
- some, few, a number of, a little (bit)
- somewhat, to a certain extent, a bit
- many, a lot