N4 grammar

〜くする

kusuru

Making it that way

Formation

くする is what you do to something, against くなる which is what happens to it. Turn the music up, make the room warmer. Na-adjectives use にする in the same slot.

Examples

〜くする is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. Don't buzz about my ears.

  2. On the other hand a lot of people die young.

  3. Father made our living room more spacious.

  4. All the money is lost.

  5. OK, you keep quiet while we're in the store.

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.