also 成る
- godan verb, intransitive, usually in kana to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
- usually in kana to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
- usually in kana, as ...からなる or ...よりなる to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
- usually in kana to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
- usually in kana to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
- usually in kana to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
- usually in kana to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
- usually in kana to play (the part of); to act as
- usually in kana to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
- shogi to be promoted
- auxiliary verb, godan verb, honorific, usually in kana, as お + -masu stem + になる, or ご + noun + になる to do ...