nested の (genitive chaining)

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Multiple の particles chained to build a long noun phrase by successive attribution — A の B の C means 'C of B of A.' Japanese expresses many spatial, possessive, and modifier relations through these noun chains where English uses prepositions, possessives, or stacked adjectives: テーブルの上の本 ('the book on the table'), 日本の有名な学校の校長 ('the principal of a famous school in Japan'), 私たちと同じくらいの年齢の女の子 ('a girl about our age').

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