List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- upper part, upper region, region above
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- abandonment, desertion
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- great (quantity, amount, etc.), huge, enormous, serious
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- size
- large and small (sizes), various sizes
- daishō (matched pair of long and short swords)
- large and small drums
- long months and short months
- sic bo (Macao dice game), tai sai, dai siu, big and small
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- great majority
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb
- large part, greater part, majority
- people in general, general public, public at large
- mostly, for the most part, almost, nearly
- probably, maybe, perhaps
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- straight line
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- chase, pursuit, tracking, stalking
- following up, tracing
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- correction, revision, amendment
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) archaic
- the whole world
- the whole country
- society, the public
- supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power
- having one's own way, doing as one pleases
- peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous
- shogun (Edo period)