JLPT N5 vocabulary
成る: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
なる1Atamadaka · high start
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
- to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove to be
- to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
- to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
- to change into, to turn into, to transform
- to come to do, to begin to do, to grow to do
- to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make
- to play the part of, to act as
- to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as
- to be promoted (shogi)
- to do ... (honorific auxiliary verb, v5r)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 成る | 成 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 成 | 成 |
| Polite presentます形 | 成 | 成 |
| Polite pastました形 | 成 | 成 |
| Te-formて形 | 成 | 成 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 成 | 成 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 成 | 成 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 成 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 成 | 成 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 成 | 成る |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 成 | 成 |
| Passive受身形 | 成 | 成 |
| Make / let使役形 | 成 | 成 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 成 | 成 |
Example sentences
今日は暑くなるかしら?
I wonder if today will get hot?
彼の運動能力は他とは比べ物にならない。
His athletic skill is so high it can't be compared to others.
彼は遊ぶこととなると本当に楽しそうだ。
When it comes to playing, he looks really happy.