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tonaru 511

become
that s.0. or s.t. becomes s.t.

+Key Sentence

Noun

I I
(Mr. Yoshida has become the first committee chairman.)

(After the war, (the period of) compulsory education was changed to
(lit. became) nine years.)
I -:A VITST,~ I a a
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(Their marriage ended in tragedy (lit. became a tragic result).)
d.h LJ~: ht*iSA ti SW
mi mi^+ a-mn 2 a 7:.
(For lack of evidence, he was found (lit. became) innocent.)

-f-ag$ti%aa,fi3+X2 tb9rZa
(The game was cancelled (lit. became a cancellation) due to rain.)
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1. To naru is similar in meaning to ni naru. To naru, however, is more
formal and is used exclusively in written language.