List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- foliaceous, foliaceus
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.), pore, hollow, bubble, blowhole
- porous, pithy, spongy
rare term noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- narrow-field (e.g. camera), small-field
onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb taking the と particle noun noun (generic)
- splish-splash, glug-glug
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- low-sugar
noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- prone to adultery, flirtatious
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- amine
noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- very stormy weather (at sea)
- very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
prefix archaic noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun (prefix)
- exactly, precisely
- correct, right, true
- greater (of equal court ranks), upper, senior
- director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō period), chief
rare term noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- light blue, ice blue, sky blue, powder blue