なる

naru

to become

godan verbintransitive

Also written 成る

Chinese meanings

变成；成为

Examples

Furigana

暖あたたかくなりました。
It has become warm.
天气变暖了。
日ひがだんだん長ながくなってきています。
The days are getting longer and longer.
白天渐渐变长了。
Tatoeba #122958

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e05de4981d'); // なる

{
  "id": "e05de4981d",
  "word": "なる",
  "reading": "なる",
  "romaji": "naru",
  "meanings": [
    "to become"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1375610,
  "other_forms": [
    "成る"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "暖かくなりました。",
      "furigana": "{暖|あたた}かくなりました。",
      "en": "It has become warm."
    },
    {
      "ja": "日がだんだん長くなってきています。",
      "furigana": "{日|ひ}がだんだん{長|なが}くなってきています。",
      "en": "The days are getting longer and longer.",
      "tatoeba_id": 122958
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "dcf42d3188df4a4e010d2cc99425200fdfadb48ec205a56e17365b522b75b4fa",
    "meanings": [
      "变成；成为"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "暖かくなりました。",
        "zh": "天气变暖了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "日がだんだん長くなってきています。",
        "zh": "白天渐渐变长了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/e05de4981d",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "101c18fcbf31c815bc57373f72080ce9b7617e72a6013b78a9845235c891e107"
  }
}