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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.

Core verbs

Where the picture shows up in なる

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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