の

Etymology
possessive marker.

Particle

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Particle

 * 1) * 決戰時空の塔
 * 1) * 決戰時空の塔

Usage notes
Not used in running Chinese text in any region. It may be used as a shorthand, or to achieve visual, Japanese-style effect such as on signs, book titles, pamphlet covers or signboards, similar to faux Cyrillic.

Etymology 1
.

Etymology 2
→ * →

From, in turn from. Appears in common use in the  (712 ). Perhaps also cognate with, an element found in some Old Korean place names spelled as 乃 and 仍.

May be an apophonic form of particle. This other form also appears in a similar function. However, its usage was already restricted to certain set expressions by the time of the earliest Japanese texts in the, with no clear examples of productive use. These appears to be adjacent to the vowels /a/, /o/, or /u/, suggesting na was an assimilated version of no.

In Old Japanese, there are three particles used productively to mark one noun modifying another:
 * , as in or.
 * , as in
 * , as in

The apophonic form persisted only as an element in certain compounds, such as, or.

Particle

 * : of, -'s
 * : of, -'s

Usage notes

 * In senses 3 and 4, changes to the attributive  when followed by.
 * For sense 3, use of の in declarative sentences for emphasis carries a female undertone, as compared with.
 * の is sometimes weakened into in fixed compounds, such as  or.
 * For sense 3, use of の in declarative sentences for emphasis carries a female undertone, as compared with.
 * の is sometimes weakened into in fixed compounds, such as  or.

Etymology 4
Readings of various kanji.

Noun

 * 1)  the shaft of an arrow;  (arrow bamboo))
 * 2)  a unit of measurement for cloth breadth, approximately 36 centimeters

Etymology 1
From.

Pronunciation appears to be distinct from.

Particle

 * : of, -'s
 * : of, -'s

Etymology 2
Readings of various kanji.

Noun

 * 1)  plain, field