成る

なる

to become

N5 #1,287

Meanings

  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 ...

Its kanji

In sentences

成なせば成なる。 Where there's a will, there's a way. #143294

一事いちじ成なれば万事ばんじ成なる。 Nothing succeeds like success. #190598

彼女かのじょは憂鬱症ゆううつしょうの虜とりこに成なった。 She fell prey to melancholy. #86423