► 副助詞
なり [なり] [～なり～なり] [liter] meaning: or rank: 2
☆ 受け入れるなり断るなりはっきりするべきだ ⇨ You should make it clear, either you accept or decline
☆ 少なくとも助けを呼ぶなり何なり出来た筈だ ⇨ You could at least do something like call for help or whatever
► 接続助詞
なり [なり] [liter] meaning: as soon as rank: 3
☆ 彼はそう言うなり突然立ち上がった ⇨ As soon as he said that he suddenly stood up
► 助動詞
なり [なり] [arch] meaning: be rank: 3
☆ 本日は晴天なり ⇨ Weather is fine today (☛ Archaic expression often used for a dramatic effect today)
☆ 総計五億三千万円なり ⇨ The grand total comes to ¥530 million (☛ Archaic expression often used for a dramatic effect today)
► 名詞
鳴り [(2)なり] [鳴りを潜める] meaning: quiet rank: 3
☆ 一時期世間を騒がせた彼女は最近すっかり鳴りを潜めている ⇨ She who used to cause a lot of controversies has been very quite recently (☛ What used to be very vigorous activities to quiet down completely)
► 接尾辞
なり [なり] meaning: own rank: 2
☆ 彼は彼なりに努力している ⇨ He is doing the best he can do in his own way
☆ 私なりに考えてはみたがどうしても分からなかった ⇨ I thought about it the best I could, but wasn’t able to figure out