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) 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 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- half the face, one side, half, the other side, the reverse, the contrary
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
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- name, title, appellation, (something) nominal
- (under the) pretext (of), pretense
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- ideal, ideals
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) abbreviation
- (on) land, ground, shore
- track and field, athletics