• (Tokyo)なる[náꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key):[na̠ɾɯ̟]

FromOld Japanese, ultimately fromProto-Japonic*naru. Related to生(な)る(naru).

なる• (naru) intransitive godan (stemなり(nari),pastなった(natta))

1. to beachieved; to becompleted

   ついに五(ご)連(れん)覇(ぱ)がなる

   tsui ni go renpa ganaru

   Finally theyare winning their fifth consecutive championship.

   念(ねん)願(がん)なって一(ひと)人(り)立(だ)ちする

   nengannatte hitoridachi suru

   Herealized his wish to live his own life.

   メンタルがなってない

   mentaru ganattenai

   not mentally resilient enough

   その後(あと)はどうなったんですか？

   Sonoato wa dōnatta n desu ka?

   What happened afterwards?

   (literally, “After that, what wasachieved?”)

2. tobecome; tochange into; toturn

   氷(こおり)が水(みず)になる

   kōri ga mizu ninaru

   The icebecomes water.

   血(ち)となり肉(にく)となる

   chi tonari niku tonaru

   Itbecomes blood and flesh.

   私(わたし)は教(きょう)師(し)になります。

   Watashi wa kyōshi ninarimasu.

   I willbecome a teacher.

   コーヒーが冷(つめ)たくなりました。

   Kōhī ga tsumetakunarimashita.

   The coffeegot cold.

3. (impersonal) toreach a time; to get to atimepoint

   八(はち)時(じ)になった

   hachiji ninatta

   Ithas reached eight o'clock.

4. toreach anamount/quantity

   積(つ)み上(あ)げると三(さん)メートルにもなる

   tsumiageru to san mētoru ni monaru

   It can pileup to 3 metres high.

   全(ぜん)部(ぶ)で千(せん)円(えん)になる

   zenbu de sen'en ninaru

   One thousand yen in total.

5. (with negative) to beacceptable; to betolerable

   負(ま)けてなるものか

   maketenaru monoka

   Failureis not an option.

   勘(かん)弁(べん)ならない

   kanbennaranai

   It isunforgivable.

6. (in some set phrases) to bemade; to beproduced; to becreated

   名(めい)工(こう)の手(て)になる茶(ちゃ)碗(わん)

   meikō note ni naru chawan

   a teacupmanufactured by a famous craftsman

   空(くう)海(かい)の筆(ふで)になる書(しょ)

   Kūkai nofude ni naru sho

   calligraphyby Kūkai

7. (shogi) topromote
8. (honorific)In the form of "御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun +になる", an honorific form of the verb.

   Antonym:する

   Synonym:なさる

   休(やす)む(yasumu,“to rest”) -お休(やす)みになる(o-yasumi ni naru,“to rest”,honorific)

   訪(ほう)問(もん)する(hōmon suru,“to visit”) -ご訪(ほう)問(もん)になる(go-hōmon ni naru,“to visit”,honorific)

• This term is often spelled inkana.
• Sense "to become":
  • When a noun or an adjectival noun (na-adjective) precedesなる it is followed byに.

    車(くるま)になる ―kuruma ninaru ―become a car

    綺(き)麗(れい)になる ―kirei ninaru ―become beautiful

  • When an adjective (i-adjective) precedesなる it appears in its-く form.

    優(やさ)しくなる ―yasashikunaru ―become kind

  • The causative is suppleted byする(suru).

    部(へ)屋(や)がきれいになる ―heya ga kirei ninaru ―The roombecomes tidy.

    私(わたし)が部(へ)屋(や)をきれいにする ―watashi ga heya o kirei nisuru ―Imake the room tidy.

なる• (naru) 

1. adnominal ofなり(nari,“to be”)

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