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なす

usually kana

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5s, vtto form; to make; to constitute
  2. 2.
    v5s, vtto build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to establish
  3. 3.
    v5s, vtto accomplish; to achieve; to win (fame); to gain
  4. 4.
    v5s, vtto change (into); to convert
  5. 5.
    v5s, vtto do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
  6. 6.
    suf, v5sto do intentionally

Example sentences

彼は作家として名を成そうという野心を持っている。

He has an ambition to make a name for himself as a writer.

イナゴが大群をなしてやってきた。

Locusts came in big swarms.

人間は動物よりはるかに多くの偉業をなしてきたのである。

Human beings have achieved a lot more than animals.

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なすなす

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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