成る

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 成る – see the following entry.

【なる】

[verb] to be achieved; to be completed

[verb] to become; to change into; to turn

[verb] (impersonal) to reach a time; to get to a timepoint

[verb] (with negative) to be acceptable; to be tolerable

[verb] (in some set phrases) to be made; to be produced; to be created

[verb] (shogi) to promote

[verb] (honorific) In the form of "御(お)/御(ご) + verbal noun + になる", an honorific form of the verb.

[verb] adnominal of なり (nari, “to be”)

Alternative spelling
為る

(This term, 成る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)