Grammar Point
particle
prt 
の

indicates possessive

occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之

Noun 1 + の + Noun 2

The particle の is used to link two nouns together. The first noun modifies the second noun, indicating various relationships such as possession, location, origin, or category.

Possession

Indicates that the first noun owns or possesses the second noun.

My book

The teacher's car

Location or Origin

Indicates where the second noun is located or where it originates from.

A Japanese book (A book of Japan)

The cat under the table

Attribute or Category

Indicates the specific type, category, or field of the second noun.

A Japanese language teacher

A math student

Note

In casual speech, の is sometimes shortened to ん, though this is more common in specific sentence-ending patterns rather than simple possession. When multiple nouns are linked, you can use の multiple times (e.g., N1 の N2 の N3).

Words: 
の
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