To Become
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means become so the vocab verb version would be to become.
While the kanji version is worth knowing, be aware that you'll usually see this verb written in hiragana.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: You are starting to become something else. You're transforming, but you're not sure what it is. First, you get fins... uh oh, something in the water. Then, you gain a tail and rubbery skin... hmm, something sea mammal-like. Oh, and then a huge horn flies out of your nose. You are going to become a narwhal (な).
必要に成る
to become necessary
六十才に成る
to turn sixty years old
お世話に成る
to be much obliged to someone, to be indebted to someone
取りこし苦労だよ。成るように成るさ。
You're worrying for nothing. What will be, will be.
日食を直に見てしまったため、目が不自由に成りました。
I'm visually impaired because I looked directly at an eclipse.
うわーー!!コウイチがとうとうアメリカ大統領に成ったよ。「為せば成る。為さねばならぬ何事も、成らぬは人の為さぬなりけり」だね!
Oh my God! Koichi finally became the President of the United States! Where there's a will, there's a way!