鳴る
なる · naru
To sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 鳴りますなります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 鳴りませんなりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 鳴りましたなりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 鳴りませんでしたなりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 鳴りましょうなりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 鳴りなり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 鳴りたいなりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 鳴りながらなりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 鳴ってなって |
| Plain past (た形) | 鳴ったなった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 鳴ったらなったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 鳴っているなっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 鳴らないならない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 鳴らなかったならなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 鳴らなくてならなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 鳴れるなれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 鳴ればなれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 鳴れなれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 鳴ろうなろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 鳴られるなられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 鳴らせるならせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 鳴らされるならされる |
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What does 鳴る mean?
To sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble.
How do you pronounce 鳴る?
なる (naru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 鳴る?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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