The most common ways to express the relationship between two or more nouns in japanese, is using the particle の between them.
Relating nouns in Japanese
the particle の, normally indicates three basic ideas: ownership, origin and specialization. It indicates possession when the noun is related to another noun. In these cases, the particle の pode ser traduzida como “de” ou “com”.
きれいな眼の人。
大学の教授。
クラスの委員。
When the noun before the の is a place, this particle may be indicating the origin of the noun after the の.
フランスのジャムですか。
Finally, said particle may use a second noun to describe a feature of the first. Watch:
いちごのジャムです。
日本語の新聞です。
Kanji calligraphy exercise
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眼 | 人 | 学 | 大 | 教 |
授 | 委 | 員 | 日 | 本 |
語 | 新 | 聞 |