成る（なる）
JLPT N1 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to become/come to be
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 成ります | なります |
| te-form | 成って | なって |
| ta-form (past) | 成った | なった |
| nai-form (negative) | 成らない | ならない |
| potential form | 成れる | なれる |
Example sentences
- 努力が実り、夢が成る。 — Her efforts pay off, and her dream comes true.
- 大願がついに成る。 — His long-cherished wish is finally fulfilled.
Idioms & proverbs containing “成る”
- 為せば成る (なせばなる) — if you have a mind to do something, you can do it
- 成るように成る (なるようになる) — whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
- 志ある者は事ついに成る (こころざしあるものはことついになる) — where there's a will, there's a way; with ambition one can achieve anything
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