List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- standard, basis, criterion, norm, reference, datum
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- cooperation, collaboration, association, partnership, (acting in) unison
- community, communal use, common possession, sharing
popular obsolete reading irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) abbreviation shogi
- silver (Ag)
- silver coin, money
- silver medal
- silver colour, silver color
- bank
- silver general
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- people, race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) abbreviation
- manual labor, manual labour, toil, work
- Labour Party
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb
- postwar period, period after Second World War
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- medical care, medical treatment
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N5 numeric noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- one
- for one thing
- only
- (not) even
- just (e.g. "just try it")
- some kind of, one type of
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic
- general, universal
- ordinary, average, common, non-celebrity
- the same, no different, (just) as if
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb
- number one, first, first place
- best, most
- game, round, bout
- as a test, as an experiment, by way of experiment, by way of trial, tentatively
- song (e.g. in noh), piece