なる
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain (Usually kana)
2. to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be) (Usually kana)
3. to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of (Usually kana, as ...からなる or ...よりなる)
4. to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished (Usually kana)
5. to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (Usually kana)
6. to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do) (Usually kana)
7. to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make (Usually kana)
8. to play (the part of); to act as (Usually kana)
9. to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as (Usually kana)
10. to be promoted
Auxiliary verb
Godan verb
11. to do ... (Honorific, Usually kana, as お + -masu stem + になる, or ご + noun + になる)
Other spellings
成る
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
なる
Used in vocabulary
Examples4314
1 チーム は9 人 の 選手 から 成る。
Nine players make up a team.
1週間 して その ニュース は 本当に なった。
The news turned out true in a week.
あなた が いなくなる と とても 寂しく なります。
When you go, I'll miss you very much.
佐藤 さん という 方 が あなた の 留守中 に お見え に なりました。
A Mr Sato called in your absence.
11 時 に なっている よ。
It is already eleven.
日本 は どう なる だろう?
What will become of Japan?