Word Meaning 大人になる

おとなになる otonaninaru

大人になる is read as おとなになる (otonaninaru) and means to grow up.

Meaning

English

  1. to grow up
  2. to become an adult

Reading

Kana

おとなになる

Romaji

otonaninaru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 24124 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大人

おとな

adult

大人しい

おとなしい

quiet (color, pattern, etc.)

大量殺人

たいりょうさつじん

mass killing

大金

おおがね

large amount of money

大げさ

おおげさ

exaggerated

大ざっぱ

おおざっぱ

careless (e.g. work)

大学

だいがく

former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)

大国

たいこく

province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)

大いに

おおいに

very

大気

たいき

atmosphere

大半

たいはん

majority

大きい

おおきい

loud

Example Sentences

6

Don't grow up. It's a trap!

People repeat their mistakes in order to become adults.

As she grew up, she became prettier.

Don't grow up. It's a trap!

I didn't expect to become this sort of adult...

If a person has not had a chance to acquire his target language by the time he's an adult, he's unlikely to be able to reach native speaker level in that language.