other N5 essential casualpolitewritten
なる — to become
なる
Meaning
- to become / to turn into / to come to be — a change of state, treated as happening on its own
なる frames change as something that comes about by itself — the seasons turning, a child growing — rather than someone deliberately causing it. That deliberate side is する.
Key sentence
もうすぐ春になる。
It will be spring soon.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Conjugates regularly | なる ／ ならない ／ なった ／ なります | 暗くなった |
| How it attaches to nouns/adjectives | see 〜になる・〜くなる | 元気になる ／ 寒くなる |
Examples
子どもが大きくなった。
The child has grown up.
練習して、上手になった。
I practiced and got better.
外はもう暗くなってきた。
It's getting dark out now.
Easily confused with
See なる in real sentences
Jengo shows なる the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar.