► 動詞
する [(2)する] meaning: become rank: 1
☆ 結果は未だはっきりしない ⇨ The result has been clear yet (☛ Combined with 副詞, 形容詞, 形容動詞)
成る [(1)なる] meaning: become rank: 1
☆ お元気になられたようで何よりです ⇨ It is great that you seemed to have become healthy again
☆ その手の仕事は金にならない ⇨ That kind of work won’t translate into, make, money
☆ どんなに練習しても出来るようにならない ⇨ No matter how hard I practice I can’t learn to do it
☆ 一度試してみたらきっと好きになると思うよ ⇨ If you try once, I bet you will get to like it
☆ 最近ジャズが好きになった ⇨ I got to like Jazz recently
☆ 彼女は有名な女優になった ⇨ She has become a famous actress
収まる [(3)おさまる] [coll] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ 彼女は大金持ちの妻の座に収まった ⇨ She successfully filled the spot of the wife of a super rich guy (☛ Assume a specific post, position)
返る [(1)かえる] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ 観客は静まり返った ⇨ The audience went completely silent (☛ After 連用形 of another verb)
化す [(1)かす] [liter] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ 全ての苦労は無と化した ⇨ All the hard work became nothing, went down the drain
差す [(1)さす] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ 彼女の毎度の愚痴に嫌気が差した ⇨ I grew tired of her perennial complaints
☆ 彼女の頬に赤みが差した ⇨ Her cheeks became red
就任 [しゅうにん] [就任する] [liter] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ 彼はその会社の社長に就任した ⇨ He has become the president of the company (☛ Assume a post)
参る [(2)まいる] [polite] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ もう暗くなって参りました ⇨ It is getting dark now
☆ もう生きるのが嫌になって参りました ⇨ I am getting really tired of living
化する [(2)かする] [liter] meaning: become rank: 4
☆ 爆撃で街は廃墟と化した ⇨ The town became ruins by the bombing (☛ An alternative of 化す)
成り果てる [(4)なりはてる] meaning: become rank: 4
☆ オリンピックは只の金儲けに成り果ててしまった ⇨ The Olympics have become just a money making game (☛ Completely transform into something deplorable)
► 助動詞
ちまう [ちまう] [て＋しまう] [coll] [peer] [男] meaning: become rank: 4
☆ 疲れちまった ⇨ I am dead tired
► 補助動詞
来る [(1)くる] meaning: become rank: 1
☆ あいつの相手をするのは本当に嫌になって来るよ ⇨ I am getting really tired of dealing with that guy
☆ 暗くなって来る前に戻ろう ⇨ Let’s go back before it starts getting dark
☆ 季節が変わって来たのが感じられる ⇨ You can feel that the season is changing (☛ Note 来る is in the perfect tense. The action can continue into the future)
☆ 微分積分がやっと解って来た ⇨ I have finally started to understand calculus (☛ Note 来る is in the perfect tense. The action can continue into the future)
☆ 段々空が明るくなって来た ⇨ The sky is getting lighter. It is dawning (☛ Note 来る is in the perfect tense. The action can continue into the future)
☆ 真実が明らかになって来た ⇨ The truth is becoming known (☛ Note 来る is in the perfect tense. The action can continue into the future)
☆ 雪がやっと溶けて来た ⇨ The snow has finally started melting (☛ Note 来る is in the perfect tense. The action can continue into the future)
► 成句
おなりになる [(5)おなりになる] [お＋なり(なる)＋に＋なる] [coll] [respect] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ お宅の御子息は立派におなりになりましたね ⇨ Your son has become a wonderful young man (☛ Commonly used even thought redundant and grammatically incorrect)
► 名詞
就任 [しゅうにん] [liter] meaning: become rank: 3
☆ 就任式 ⇨ An inauguration ceremony (☛ Assume a post)
► 接尾辞
化 [か] [liter] meaning: become rank: 2
☆ 多くの政治家は未だに地球温暖化を否定している ⇨ Many politicians still deny global warming
化 [か] [化する] [liter] meaning: become rank: 2
☆ 世界中で肥満が深刻化している ⇨ Obesity is becoming more and more serious all over the world