Japanese

きくなる

おおきくなる
Meaning: to grow big; to become large; to grow up
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 大きくなる 大きくならない
Polite 大きくなります 大きくなりません
Past 大きくなった 大きくならなかった
Polite + Past 大きくなりました 大きくなりませんでした
Te-form 大きくなって 大きくならなくて
Potential 大きくなれる 大きくなれない
Passive 大きくなられる 大きくなられない
Causative 大きくならせる 大きくならせない
Causative + Passive 大きくならされる 大きくならされない
Imperative 大きくなれ 大きくなるな

Handwriting

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Example

I was surprised to see how much my nephew had grown after not seeing him for a while.

Usage Notes

Can refer to physical growth of living things or the expansion of scale/degree of events or organizations.

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