なる
naru
The verb that arrives on its own: なる
The picture Something drifting into a new state and arriving there without a hand pushing it.
Where the picture shows up in なる
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you reach an age
来月で三十歳になります。
raigetsu de sanjussai ni narimasu
I turn thirty next month.
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you end up in a new role
息子は医者になりました。
musuko wa isha ni narimashita
My son became a doctor.
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it drifts that way
だんだん暗くなってきましたね。
dandan kuraku natte kimashita ne
It's getting dark, isn't it.
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the total lands there
全部で五千円になります。
zenbu de gosen-en ni narimasu
That comes to 5,000 yen.
The standard phrase at a register.
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the rule ended up that way
ここは禁煙になっています。
koko wa kin'en ni natte imasu
This is a non-smoking area.
Softer than a flat prohibition: nobody is ordering you, it simply is so.