"なる" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|なる|tr=intrans|type=1}} なる • (naru) intransitive godan (stem なり (nari), past なった (natta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|な|4-r}} Forms: naru [romanization], なり [stem], なった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], なら [error-unrecognized-form], nara [error-unrecognized-form], なり [error-unrecognized-form], nari [error-unrecognized-form], なる [error-unrecognized-form], naru [error-unrecognized-form], なれ [error-unrecognized-form], nare [error-unrecognized-form], なられる [passive], narareru [passive], ならせる [causative], ならす [causative], naraseru [causative], narasu [causative], なれる [potential], nareru [potential], なろう [volitional], narō [volitional], ならない [negative], naranai [negative], ならず [continuative, negative], narazu [continuative, negative], なります [formal], narimasu [formal], なった [perfective], natta [perfective], なって [conjunctive], natte [conjunctive], なれば [conditional, hypothetical], nareba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], なら [irrealis, stem], nara [irrealis, stem], なり [continuative, stem], nari [continuative, stem], なる [stem, terminative], naru [stem, terminative], なる [attributive, stem], naru [attributive, stem], なれ [realis, stem], nare [realis, stem], なれ [imperative, stem], nare [imperative, stem], ならず [negative], narazu [negative], なれど [contrastive], naredo [contrastive], なれば [causative], nareba [causative], ならば [conditional], naraba [conditional], なりき [past], nariki [past], なりけり [past], narikeri [past], なりつ [perfect], naritu [perfect], なりぬ [perfect], narinu [perfect], なれり [continuative, perfect], なりたり [continuative, perfect], nareri [continuative, perfect], naritari [continuative, perfect], ならむ [volitional], naramu [volitional]
  1. to be achieved; to be completed
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-YtxjcXcQ
  2. to become; to change into; to turn
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-eeQZ24j1
  3. (impersonal) to reach a time; to get to a timepoint Tags: impersonal
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-si~nB5dA
  4. to reach an amount/quantity
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-08o~wHaz
  5. (with negative) to be acceptable; to be tolerable
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-3uZvNMGn
  6. (in some set phrases) to be made; to be produced; to be created
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-bcWvy~hy Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 4 3 18 32 30 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 3 4 4 3 21 30 27 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 3 3 4 3 20 30 30 4
  7. (shogi) to promote Categories (topical): Shogi
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-9C-4CTR8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 4 3 18 32 30 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 5 5 5 6 5 21 31 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 3 4 4 3 21 30 27 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 3 3 4 3 20 30 30 4 Topics: board-games, games, shogi
  8. (honorific) In the form of "御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun + になる", an honorific form of the verb. Tags: honorific Synonyms: なさる
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-M5~e7VCP Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 4 3 18 32 30 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 3 3 3 3 17 25 45 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 3 4 4 3 21 30 27 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 3 3 4 3 20 30 30 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: naru [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-verb form}} なる • (naru)
  1. adnominal of なり (nari, “to be”)
    Sense id: en-なる-ja-verb-0AgJcaRP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なり",
      "roman": "nari",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なった",
      "roman": "natta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "natta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "natte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naraba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naritu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nareri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naritari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naramu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "なる • (naru) intransitive godan (stem なり (nari), past なった (natta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "な",
        "2": "4-r"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Finally they are winning their fifth consecutive championship.",
          "roman": "tsui ni go renpa ga naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "五",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "連",
              "れん"
            ],
            [
              "覇",
              "ぱ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ついに五連覇がなる"
        },
        {
          "english": "He realized his wish to live his own life.",
          "roman": "nengan natte hitoridachi suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "念",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "願",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "だ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "念願なって一人立ちする"
        },
        {
          "english": "not mentally resilient enough",
          "roman": "mentaru ga nattenai",
          "text": "メンタルがなってない",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "literally, “After that, what was achieved?”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "後",
              "あと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "その後はどうなったんですか?\nSonoato wa dō natta n desu ka?\nWhat happened afterwards?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be achieved; to be completed"
      ],
      "id": "en-なる-ja-verb-YtxjcXcQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The ice becomes water.",
          "roman": "kōri ga mizu ni naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "氷",
              "こおり"
            ],
            [
              "水",
              "みず"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "氷が水になる"
        },
        {
          "english": "It becomes blood and flesh.",
          "roman": "chi to nari niku to naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "血",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "肉",
              "にく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "血となり肉となる"
        },
        {
          "english": "I will become a teacher.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa sensei ni narimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私は先生になります。"
        },
        {
          "english": "The coffee got cold.",
          "roman": "Kōhī ga tsumetaku narimashita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "冷",
              "つめ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "コーヒーが冷たくなりました。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become; to change into; to turn"
      ],
      "id": "en-なる-ja-verb-eeQZ24j1",
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It has reached eight o'clock.",
          "roman": "hachiji ni natta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "八",
              "はち"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "八時になった"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach a time; to get to a timepoint"
      ],
      "id": "en-なる-ja-verb-si~nB5dA",
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "timepoint",
          "timepoint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal) to reach a time; to get to a timepoint"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It can pile up to 3 metres high.",
          "roman": "tsumiageru to san mētoru ni mo naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "積",
              "つ"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "さん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "積み上げると三メートルにもなる"
        },
        {
          "english": "One thousand yen in total.",
          "roman": "zenbu de sen'en ni naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "全",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "部",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "千",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "円",
              "えん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "全部で千円になる"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach an amount/quantity"
      ],
      "id": "en-なる-ja-verb-08o~wHaz",
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Failure is not an option.",
          "roman": "makete naru mono ka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "負",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "負けてなるものか"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is unforgivable.",
          "roman": "kanben naranai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勘",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "弁",
              "べん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勘弁ならない"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be acceptable; to be tolerable"
      ],
      "id": "en-なる-ja-verb-3uZvNMGn",
      "links": [
        [
          "acceptable",
          "acceptable"
        ],
        [
          "tolerable",
          "tolerable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with negative) to be acceptable; to be tolerable"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 4 3 18 32 30 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 4 4 3 21 30 27 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 4 3 20 30 30 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a teacup manufactured by a famous craftsman",
          "roman": "meikō no te ni naru chawan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名",
              "めい"
            ],
            [
              "工",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "茶",
              "ちゃ"
            ],
            [
              "碗",
              "わん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "名工の手になる茶碗"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "空",
              "くう"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "筆",
              "ふで"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "しょ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "空海の筆になる書\nKūkai no fude ni naru sho\ncalligraphy by Kūkai"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be made; to be produced; to be created"
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        [
          "made",
          "make"
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        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ]
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        "(in some set phrases) to be made; to be produced; to be created"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in some set phrases"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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            "Tabletop games",
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            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 4 3 18 32 30 6",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "_dis": "5 5 5 6 5 21 31 24",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 4 4 3 21 30 27 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 4 3 20 30 30 4",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to promote"
      ],
      "id": "en-なる-ja-verb-9C-4CTR8",
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        [
          "shogi",
          "shogi"
        ],
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(shogi) to promote"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "games",
        "shogi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "する"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 4 3 18 32 30 6",
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          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 3 17 25 45",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 4 4 3 21 30 27 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 4 3 20 30 30 4",
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            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "休",
              "やす"
            ],
            [
              "休",
              "やす"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "訪",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "もん"
            ],
            [
              "訪",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "もん"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "In the form of \"御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun + になる\", an honorific form of the verb."
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      "id": "en-なる-ja-verb-M5~e7VCP",
      "links": [
        [
          "御(お)",
          "御#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "御(ご)",
          "御#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "に",
          "に#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific) In the form of \"御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun + になる\", an honorific form of the verb."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "なさる"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "なる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なる"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "なる • (naru)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "adnominal of なり (nari, “to be”)"
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      "links": [
        [
          "なり",
          "なり#Japanese"
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      "other": "なる"
    },
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      "ipa": "[na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
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}
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    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
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      "form": "naru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なり",
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      "tags": [
        "stem"
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      "form": "なった",
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        "past"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ja-go-ru",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "なら",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "nara",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "なり",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nari",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "なる",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naru",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "なれ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nare",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "なられる",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
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      "form": "narareru",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
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      "form": "ならせる",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ならす",
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        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "naraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれる",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "narō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narazu",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "natta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "natte",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "なれば",
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        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なり",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "なる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
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      "form": "ならず",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narazu",
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      "form": "なれど",
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        "contrastive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "naredo",
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      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nareba",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ならば",
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        "conditional"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "naraba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりき",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりけり",
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        "past"
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      "form": "narikeri",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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        "perfect"
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        "perfect"
      ]
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なりたり",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naritari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ならむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naramu",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Finally they are winning their fifth consecutive championship.",
          "roman": "tsui ni go renpa ga naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "五",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "連",
              "れん"
            ],
            [
              "覇",
              "ぱ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ついに五連覇がなる"
        },
        {
          "english": "He realized his wish to live his own life.",
          "roman": "nengan natte hitoridachi suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "念",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "願",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "人",
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            ],
            [
              "立",
              "だ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "念願なって一人立ちする"
        },
        {
          "english": "not mentally resilient enough",
          "roman": "mentaru ga nattenai",
          "text": "メンタルがなってない",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "literally, “After that, what was achieved?”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "後",
              "あと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "その後はどうなったんですか?\nSonoato wa dō natta n desu ka?\nWhat happened afterwards?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be achieved; to be completed"
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        [
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          "achieve"
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        [
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          "complete"
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    },
    {
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        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The ice becomes water.",
          "roman": "kōri ga mizu ni naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "氷",
              "こおり"
            ],
            [
              "水",
              "みず"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "氷が水になる"
        },
        {
          "english": "It becomes blood and flesh.",
          "roman": "chi to nari niku to naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "血",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "肉",
              "にく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "血となり肉となる"
        },
        {
          "english": "I will become a teacher.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa sensei ni narimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私は先生になります。"
        },
        {
          "english": "The coffee got cold.",
          "roman": "Kōhī ga tsumetaku narimashita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "冷",
              "つめ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "コーヒーが冷たくなりました。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
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          "change"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese impersonal verbs",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It has reached eight o'clock.",
          "roman": "hachiji ni natta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "八",
              "はち"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "八時になった"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach a time; to get to a timepoint"
      ],
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        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "timepoint",
          "timepoint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It can pile up to 3 metres high.",
          "roman": "tsumiageru to san mētoru ni mo naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "積",
              "つ"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "さん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "積み上げると三メートルにもなる"
        },
        {
          "english": "One thousand yen in total.",
          "roman": "zenbu de sen'en ni naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "全",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "部",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "千",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "円",
              "えん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "全部で千円になる"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Failure is not an option.",
          "roman": "makete naru mono ka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "負",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "負けてなるものか"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is unforgivable.",
          "roman": "kanben naranai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勘",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "弁",
              "べん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勘弁ならない"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be acceptable; to be tolerable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acceptable",
          "acceptable"
        ],
        [
          "tolerable",
          "tolerable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with negative) to be acceptable; to be tolerable"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a teacup manufactured by a famous craftsman",
          "roman": "meikō no te ni naru chawan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名",
              "めい"
            ],
            [
              "工",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "茶",
              "ちゃ"
            ],
            [
              "碗",
              "わん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "名工の手になる茶碗"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "空",
              "くう"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "筆",
              "ふで"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "しょ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "空海の筆になる書\nKūkai no fude ni naru sho\ncalligraphy by Kūkai"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be made; to be produced; to be created"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "made",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in some set phrases) to be made; to be produced; to be created"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in some set phrases"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "ja:Shogi"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to promote"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shogi",
          "shogi"
        ],
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(shogi) to promote"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "games",
        "shogi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "する"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese honorific terms",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "休",
              "やす"
            ],
            [
              "休",
              "やす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "休む (yasumu, “to rest”) - お休みになる (o-yasumi ni naru, “to rest”, honorific)"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "訪",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "もん"
            ],
            [
              "訪",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "もん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "訪問する (hōmon suru, “to visit”) - ご訪問になる (go-hōmon ni naru, “to visit”, honorific)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the form of \"御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun + になる\", an honorific form of the verb."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "御(お)",
          "御#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "御(ご)",
          "御#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "に",
          "に#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific) In the form of \"御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun + になる\", an honorific form of the verb."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "なさる"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "なる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なる"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "なる • (naru)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "adnominal of なり (nari, “to be”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "なり",
          "なり#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "other": "なる"
    },
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      "ipa": "[na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なる"
}

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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "鳴る",
    "生る"
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なる"
}
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "なる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "なる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "なる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "なる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "なる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "なる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "なる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "なる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "なる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "なる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "なる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "なる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "なる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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