Word details
なる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word なる.
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Entry
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb; As ...からなる or ...よりなる
to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to play (the part of); to act as
Word usually written using kana alone; Intransitive verb
to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
Intransitive verb; Shogi
to be promoted
Honorific; Word usually written using kana alone; Auxiliary verb; As お + -masu stem + になる, or ご + noun + になる
to do ...
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
On
Kun
Nanori
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
On
Kun
Nanori
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