なる

to become

N5 #1,287

Also a form of

Meanings

also 成る

  1. godan verb, intransitive, usually in kana to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
  2. usually in kana to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
  3. 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
  4. usually in kana to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
  5. usually in kana to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
  6. usually in kana to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
  7. usually in kana to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
  8. usually in kana to play (the part of); to act as
  9. usually in kana to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
  10. shogi to be promoted
  11. auxiliary verb, godan verb, honorific, usually in kana, as お + -masu stem + になる, or ご + noun + になる to do ...

also 生る

  1. godan verb, intransitive, usually in kana to bear fruit
  1. suffix, used before nouns, archaic that is in
  2. who is called; that is called
  3. that is
  4. interjection, slang, abbreviation I see

In sentences

男おとこになれよ。 Be a man. #3480420

寒さむくなった。 I became cold. #11195183

遅おそくなります。 I'll be late. #2465471

忙いそがしくなった。 I got busy. #2568077

忙いそがしくなるよ。 It’s gonna get busy! #3256123

大変たいへん寒さむくなった。 It has become very cold. #137260

秋あきになりました。 Autumn is here. #148220

暗くらくなってきた。 It was getting dark. #1088986