List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- so far, up to now, hitherto
- that's enough (for today), it ends here
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- cheating, deception, trickery, manipulation, juggling, falsifying, sham, camouflage, smoke and mirrors, cutting corners
な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- completely empty
- penniless, flat broke
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- grazing, skimming, almost touching, passing within inches, being within a whisker, shaving close
- barely, just, narrowly, by a slim margin
JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- dripping wet, soaked, drenched
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) suffix
- reasonably, fairly, all right, moderate
- hurriedly, in a rush, having barely finished
- approximately, about, or so
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) conjunction noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- in the first place, to begin with, from the start, originally, ab initio
- after all, anyway, actually, well, ..., ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"), ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
- beginning, start
usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- that much, as much, to that extent, only that, that alone, no more than that, that is all (when finished speaking)
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb adverb taking the と particle
- trueborn, genuine, pure, full-blooded, thoroughbred, out-and-out
- capable, first-class, promising
- briskly, smartly
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- noncommittal, equivocal, indecisive, evasive, ambiguous, vague, on neither side