List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- right, right-hand side
- right hand
- the above (in a piece of vertical writing), above-mentioned
- the right (wing), rightist
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) abbreviation hanafuda noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- flower, blossom, bloom, petal
- cherry blossom
- beauty
- blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
- ikebana
- hanafuda
- (the) best
- glorious, lovely
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) grammar Buddhism
- the past, bygone days
- one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)
- past (tense), preterit, preterite
- previous life
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- revision, amendment, alteration
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- foreign, abroad, overseas
popular obsolete reading JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- foreign country
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- supervision, control, superintendence, direction
- director, superintendent, supervisor, coach, foreman, manager, overseer, controller, boss
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- basics, fundamentals, basis, foundation
popular JLPT N3 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)
- expectation, anticipation, hope
- promising, rising, up-and-coming
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) shogi abbreviation archaic noun (suffix) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) suffix counter
- muscle, tendon, sinew
- vein, artery
- fiber, fibre, string
- line, stripe, streak
- reason, logic
- plot, storyline
- lineage, descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude, talent
- source (of information, etc.), circle, channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- social position, status
- on (a river, road, etc.), along
- counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- street (in Osaka)
- (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)