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なる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
なる
BOOST
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
3. to consist of; to be composed of
4. to succeed; to be complete
5. to change into; to be exchanged for
6. to play a role  (see also: 成り済ます)
7. to be promoted  (shogi term)
8. to do ...  (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.; honorific)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 150,646 which gives a rank of 744
なる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 500 (about 1,680,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 23 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 28
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 34 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
すずしくなりました
It's getting cool, isn't it?
さむ
なりました
It's gotten cold, hasn't it?
にほん
日本
から
じゅう
10
ねん
なる
It has been ten years since I left Japan.
成る
BOOST
Reading : なる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 53,000 (about 8,230,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5535
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 34 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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為る
BOOST
Reading : なる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 87,000 (about 2,750,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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tasseled spear
wrap
イ    do   
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fire
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