List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- continent
- continental Asia (esp. mainland China)
- continental Europe
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- tax evasion
popular JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- transparent, clear
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- satisfaction, pride, triumph, elation
- one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty
- regular customer, regular client, patron
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic
- understood only by oneself
popular conjunction particle rare term noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- while, although, though, but
- (but) at the same time, on the other hand, then again, and yet
- half the face, profile
- one side, a half, the other side, the reverse, the contrary, the opposite
- half the surface (of)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- reputation, (public) estimation, popularity
- rumour, rumor, talk (e.g. of the town)
- fame, notoriety
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- peace preservation, security
- safety
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- innocence, being not guilty
popular JLPT N4 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb colloquial interjection mathematics noun taking the genitive case particle の
- unreasonable, unnatural, unjustifiable
- impossible
- forcible, forced, compulsory
- excessive (work, etc.), immoderate
- to work too hard, to try too hard
- no way, not a chance, never, dream on
- irrational