List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- (kanji) not in the jōyō list
expression noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- growing (graph rising to the right), increasing, soaring, expanding
expression noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- decreasing (graph falling to the right), shrinking, declining
noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の dated term
- piece of junk, worn-out article
- clumsy, useless, no good, unreliable
- dismantled car
- hitting (with fist), striking
colloquial noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- sleeping like a log, (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
rarely used kanji form ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- (establishing a) big lead, (winning by a) huge margin, breaking away (from the field)
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- oxymoron
rarely used kanji form noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- continuous, without a break
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- slight intoxication, being tipsy, mellowness
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- knowing only one thing (and repeating it often), saying the only thing one knows (at every opportunity), repeating the only thing one knows