Jisho

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1. indicates possessive​Usually written using kana alone, orig. written 乃 or 之
  • わたし私の
  • ウェブページ
  • に
  • き来て
  • わたし私
  • の
  • こと
  • を
  • もっと
  • し知って
  • ください
    • 。
Visit my webpage and find out more about me.
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2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives​Usually written using kana alone
  • とき時
  • が
  • た経つ
  • の
  • につれて
    • 、
  • フットボール
  • の
  • しあい試合
  • を
  • より
  • あんぜん安全な
  • きょうぎ競技
  • に
  • する
  • ために
  • きそく規則
  • が
  • つけくわ付け加えられていった
  • のです
    • 。
As time went on, rules were added to the game to make it safer.
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3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases​Usually written using kana alone, See also が
    １００
  • にん人
  • ちか近く
  • の
  • ひと人
  • が
  • いた
  • が
    • 、
  • ほとんど
  • あ会った
  • こと
  • の
  • ない
  • 人たち
  • だった
    • 。
There were almost 100 people, few of whom I had seen before.
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4. indicates a confident conclusion​Usually written using kana alone, at sentence-end; falling tone
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5. indicates emotional emphasis​Usually written using kana alone, Female term or language, at sentence-end
  • うちの
  • ちち父
  • ったら
    • 、
  • よる夜
  • わたし私
  • を
  • ひとり一人で
  • そと外
  • へ
  • だ出して
  • くれない
  • の
    • 。
My father doesn't let me go out alone at night.
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6. indicates question​Usually written using kana alone, at sentence-end; rising tone
  • あなた
  • は
  • アルバイト
  • を
  • している
  • の
    • 。
Do you have a part-time job?
Wikipedia definition
7. No (kana)​の, in hiragana, or ノ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the gojūon system of ordering of Japanese syllables, it occupies the 25th position, between ね (ne) and は (ha). It occupies the 26th position in the iroha ordering. Both represent [no no].
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