Illustration: In the small garden behind a Japanese house, a persimmon tree carries so much attached fruit that its lower branches bend toward the ground. An elderly gardener crouches beneath one branch, supporting it with a forked wooden prop.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

生なる

naru

to bear fruit

Usually written なる; the kanji separates it from なる (to become). Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. この木きには実みがならないんだ。

    This tree does not bear fruit.

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  2. 金きんのなる木きはないんだよ。

    Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.

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  3. 瓜うりのつるに茄子なすびはならぬ。

    You don’t get eggplants from a gourd vine.

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Kanji in 生

  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・なる

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