なる

• (Tokyo) なる (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *naru. Related to 生(な)る (naru).

なる • (naru) intransitive godan (stem なり (nari), past なった (natta))

1. to be achieved; to be completed

   ついに五(ご)連(れん)覇(ぱ)がなる

   tsui ni go renpa ga naru

   Finally they are winning their fifth consecutive championship.

   念(ねん)願(がん)なって一(ひと)人(り)立(だ)ちする

   nengan natte hitoridachi suru

   He realized his wish to live his own life.

   メンタルがなってない

   mentaru ga nattenai

   not mentally resilient enough

   その後(あと)はどうなったんですか？

   Sonoato wa dō natta n desu ka?

   What happened afterwards?

   (literally, “After that, what was achieved?”)

2. to become; to change into; to turn

   氷(こおり)が水(みず)になる

   kōri ga mizu ni naru

   The ice becomes water.

   血(ち)となり肉(にく)となる

   chi to nari niku to naru

   It becomes blood and flesh.

   私(わたし)は教(きょう)師(し)になります。

   Watashi wa kyōshi ni narimasu.

   I will become a teacher.

   コーヒーが冷(つめ)たくなりました。

   Kōhī ga tsumetaku narimashita.

   The coffee got cold.

3. (impersonal) to reach a time; to get to a timepoint

   八(はち)時(じ)になった

   hachiji ni natta

   It has reached eight o'clock.

4. to reach an amount/quantity

   積(つ)み上(あ)げると三(さん)メートルにもなる

   tsumiageru to san mētoru ni mo naru

   It can pile up to 3 metres high.

   全(ぜん)部(ぶ)で千(せん)円(えん)になる

   zenbu de sen'en ni naru

   One thousand yen in total.

5. (with negative) to be acceptable; to be tolerable

   負(ま)けてなるものか

   makete naru mono ka

   Failure is not an option.

   勘(かん)弁(べん)ならない

   kanben naranai

   It is unforgivable.

6. (in some set phrases) to be made; to be produced; to be created

   名(めい)工(こう)の手(て)になる茶(ちゃ)碗(わん)

   meikō no te ni naru chawan

   a teacup manufactured by a famous craftsman

   空(くう)海(かい)の筆(ふで)になる書(しょ)

   Kūkai no fude ni naru sho

   calligraphy by Kūkai

7. (shogi) to promote
8. (honorific) In the form of "御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun + になる", an honorific form of the verb.

   Antonym: する

   Synonym: なさる

   休(やす)む (yasumu, “to rest”) - お休(やす)みになる (o-yasumi ni naru, “to rest”, honorific)

   訪(ほう)問(もん)する (hōmon suru, “to visit”) - ご訪(ほう)問(もん)になる (go-hōmon ni naru, “to visit”, honorific)

• This term is often spelled in hiragana.
• Sense "to become":
  • When a noun or an adjectival noun (na-adjective) precedes なる it is followed by に.

    車(くるま)になる ― kuruma ni naru ― become a car

    綺(き)麗(れい)になる ― kirei ni naru ― become beautiful

  • When an adjective (i-adjective) precedes なる it appears in its -く form.

    優(やさ)しくなる ― yasashiku naru ― become kind

  • The causative is suppleted by する (suru).

    部(へ)屋(や)がきれいになる ― heya ga kirei ni naru ― The room becomes tidy.

    私(わたし)が部(へ)屋(や)をきれいにする ― watashi ga heya o kirei ni suru ― I make the room tidy.

なる • (naru) 

1. adnominal of なり (nari, “to be”)