List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb
- crowd of people, great number of people
- in great numbers
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- short-term
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) baseball
- nucleus, backbone, mainstay, key figure
- medium-level, mid-level, middle-ranking, midsize
- main body (of troops), crack troops, select troops
- center field, centre field, center fielder, centre fielder
- athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.)
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) abbreviation noun (suffix) noun (prefix) colloquial
- iron (Fe)
- steel
- iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.)
- railway
- railway enthusiast
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- identical, same, one and the same, equal
- fair, equal treatment, without discrimination
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) computing noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb
- same period, corresponding period
- same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.), contemporary, classmate
- synchronization, synchronism
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- special, particular, peculiar, unique
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- agricultural community, farm village
- rural
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- farmer, peasant
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)
- distribution, allotment