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Some adjectives are used like this:

  * [次]{つぎ}の[世界]{せかい} "tsugi no sekai" (next world)
  * [黄色]{きいろ}の[車]{くるま} "kiiro no kuruma" (yellow car)

and others are used liked this: かわいい[車]{くるま} "kawaī kuruma".

Though kiiro can also be used thus: [黄色]{きいろ}い[車]{くるま}"kiiroi kuruma".

When can I use an adjective with "no"? Is it always or only in some special
cases?
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particle-の adjectives
When can adjectives be used with the particle "no"?
Grammatically, you can _never_ use an adjective with の. You can only use の
with nouns. Your confusion arose because the parts of speech do not always
correspond between English and Japanese: 次 is a noun, but "next" is an
adjective.

Similarly, all colors in English are adjectives, but all colors in Japanese
are nouns (except for six that have adjective counterparts, namely 赤い, 青い, 白い,
黒い, 黄色い, and 茶色い). You can't say 灰色い because it only exists as a noun, not as
an adjective (a fact you just have to memorize).

You can use nouns to modify other nouns in English, too (and this is probably
true of most other languages). _Health Department_ (or _Department of Health_
) is an example in English: "health" modifies "department" and specifies the
kind of department.
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In Japanese the specific grammatical classification of a word sometimes has
more to do with how it is conjugated than with what semantic role it fulfills.

The two main types of adjectives are `形容詞` (i-adjectives) and `形容動詞` (na-
adjectives). You can call both of those "adjectives" but that doesn't get you
anywhere in terms of figuring out how to actually use them in a sentence,
which turns out to be quite different.

Then there are no-adjectives like `黄色`. I see these in Daijirin dictionary on
Weblio marked as `名 ・形動`, meaning "noun and/or adjective".

And there are a number of other types of adjectives as well, such as なる and たる
adjectives, but those pop up pretty rarely.

So I would say the concept of "adjective" is not that useful in Japanese,
because it's not specific enough and doesn't tell you how to use the word.
Instead of asking "how should I use this adjective", I would suggest asking
"is this an i-adjective, a na-adjective, or a no-adjective (or something
else)?" and once you figure that out, you can use the relevant rules for that
type of word.
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While の role as a dependent indefinite pronoun is crucial, の also plays other
pivotal roles in the Japanese language.

  * **Possessive Particle** : This is perhaps the most common use of の. It shows a relationship of possession or belonging between two nouns, equivalent to 's or "of" in English. For example, 彼の本 translates to "his book", where の signifies possession.
  * **Attributive Particle** : の is also used to modify a noun with another noun, acting like an attributive particle. For instance, in 日本の音楽, meaning "Japanese music", の links 日本 (Japan) and 音楽 (music), attributing the music to Japan. You can also think of this as a "limiting" particle. It limits the information: it isn't just any music, but "Japanese" music.
  * **Sentence-Ending Particle** : In informal speech, の can be used at the end of sentences to indicate a question or explanation, making the sentence sound more explanatory or inquisitive. For example, それは何なの means "What is that?"
  * **Nominalizer** : の can turn a verb or an adjective into a noun. For instance, in 走るのが好き, meaning "I like running", の nominalizes 走る (to run).

<https://thejapanesepage.com/do-you-know-%e3%81%ae-using-the-japanese-
dependent-indefinite-pronoun-to-mean-one/>

<https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/nominalizers-koto-and-no/>
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