List: nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Nouns that can be converted into genitive case using the particle の.
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- official, formal
- formula (e.g. mathematical)
- official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- national, founded and run by the central government
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- approval, agreement, support, favour, favor
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- provisional, temporary, tentative
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb
- in history, ever, historical
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- self, oneself
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb Buddhism
- reality, actuality, truth, fact, actual conditions
- practice (as opposed to theory)
- truly, really, indeed, actually
- bhutakoti (limit of reality)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- rising, ascending, climbing
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) card games mahjong noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- parent, parents, mother and father
- dealer, banker
- founder, inventor
- (pet) owner
- key, parent (organization), main
- ancestor, forefather
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- recommendation, referral, endorsement