JLPT N3 · Verb

生る (naru)

生る (なる, naru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bear fruit”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なる
Romaji
naru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to bear fruit · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

この木には実がならないんだ。
This tree does not bear fruit.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 生る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary生るなる naru
Polite (~masu)生りますなります narimasu
Negative生らないならない naranai
Polite negative生りませんなりません narimasen
Past生ったなった natta
Polite past生りましたなりました narimashita
Negative past生らなかったならなかった naranakatta
Te-form生ってなって natte
Potential生れるなれる nareru
Passive生られるなられる narareru
Causative生らせるならせる naraseru
Volitional生ろうなろう narou
Imperative生れなれ nare
Conditional (~ba)生ればなれば nareba

Kanji in 生る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 生る.

Source: JMdict entry 1611000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.