I Love Kanji無くなる (nakunaru)
無くなる (なくなる, nakunaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なくなる
- Romaji
- nakunaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 無くなる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 無くなる | なくなる nakunaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 無くなります | なくなります nakunarimasu |
| Negative | 無くならない | なくならない nakunaranai |
| Polite negative | 無くなりません | なくなりません nakunarimasen |
| Past | 無くなった | なくなった nakunatta |
| Polite past | 無くなりました | なくなりました nakunarimashita |
| Negative past | 無くならなかった | なくならなかった nakunaranakatta |
| Te-form | 無くなって | なくなって nakunatte |
| Potential | 無くなれる | なくなれる nakunareru |
| Passive | 無くなられる | なくなられる nakunarareru |
| Causative | 無くならせる | なくならせる nakunaraseru |
| Volitional | 無くなろう | なくなろう nakunarou |
| Imperative | 無くなれ | なくなれ nakunare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 無くなれば | なくなれば nakunareba |
Kanji in 無くなる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無くなる.
無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain無数むすうinnumerable御無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while
Source: JMdict entry 1529550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.