List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- flabby, limp, soft and pliable
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