Godan verb with 'ru' ending Intransitive verb Usually written using kana alone 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) as ...からなる or ...よりなる 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 Shogi term to be promoted Auxiliary verb Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language as お + masu stem + になる, or ご + noun + になる to do ...
Present, Future なる, なります [does], will [do] ならない, なりません doesn't [do], will not [do] Past なった, なりました [did] ならなかった, なりませんでした didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative なって, なりまして ならないで, なりませんで ならなくて Progressive なっている, なっています [doing], to be [doing] なっていない, なっていません not [doing] Volitional なろう, なりましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] なるまい, なりますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative なれ, なりなさい [do] ! なるな, なりなさるな don't [do] ! Request なってください please [do] ならないでください please don't [do] Provisional なれば if X [does], if X [is ~] ならなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional なったら, なりましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] ならなかったら, なりませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential なれる, なれます be able to [do], can [do] なれない, なれません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful なられる, なられます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) なられない, なられません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative ならせる, ならせます makes/will make (someone) [do] ならせない, ならせません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive ならせられる, ならせられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) ならせられない, ならせられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form なりたい want to [do] なりたくない don't want to [do]