List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- involving only the parties concerned, tete-a-tete
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- meeting face-to-face, seeing in person
- facing (each other), opposing (traffic, etc.), confronting
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- biography, life story
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- same number
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- hegemony
popular obsolete kanji search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone な adjective noun (suffix) adverb
- one cup (of), one glass (of), one bowl (of), cupful, glassful, bowlful, spoonful
- one drink (of alcohol)
- full, filled (with), brimming (with), crowded, packed
- fully, to capacity, to the maximum, as much as possible
- a lot, much, many
- all of ..., the entire ...
- one (squid, octopus, crab, etc.)
- one (boat)
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- indoor (court, pool, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- congeniality, satisfaction, gratification
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- female (animal, plant)
popular obsolete reading irregular okurigana obsolete kanji JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique
- distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry