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Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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ならない
Expression, as ...てならない
1. cannot help (feeling), unbearably, awfully, irresistibly
as ...てはならない
2. must not ..., should not ..., have to ..., ought to ..., unable to
ここで煙草を吸ってはなりません。
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なる, 成る, 為る
Conjugated: ならない
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
2. to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be)
as ...からなる or ...よりなる
3. to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
4. to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
5. to change (into), to turn (into), to transform
あなたがいなくなるととても寂しくなります。
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鳴る, なる
Conjugated: ならない
Godan verb, Intransitive
to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
電話は繰り返し鳴っていた。
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なる, 生る
Conjugated: ならない
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
to bear fruit
この木には実がならないんだ。
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