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Particle no 2015/11/17 09:16
Hi, from what i understand the particle no is used between 2 nouns to modify the noun at the back, but why are some adjective using no as well? Such as "Saikyo no otoko"

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Re: Particle no 2015/11/17 11:39
最強 is a noun.
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Re: Particle no 2015/11/17 16:36
最強 "saikyo" by itself is a noun, "the strongest." So in this case "no" is added to make that noun a descriptive word (an adjective), thus making the phrase mean "the strongest man."
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Re: Particle no 2015/11/17 21:01
Ohh, but isn't strong an adjective, and strongest a superlative adjective?
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Re: Particle no 2015/11/17 22:09
Yes but this is Japanese, not English.
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Re: Particle no 2015/11/17 22:45
In English "strong" is an adjective, of course, along with "stronger" and "strongest," but in Japanese 最強 by itself means "the strongest (something/someone)" and is a noun.
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Re: Particle no 2015/11/18 10:04
As to 最強, 最=the most 強=strong.

最強の男 the most strong man

最低の男
the most low level man

最 sai is used to express the extreme situation whether the adjective-element-noun is good matter or not.
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Re: Particle no 2015/11/18 12:47
Ohh I kinda get it now, sorry I am new to learning Japanese, so I am still sort of relating word meaning to English. Thank you very much for your help.
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