N4 grammar

〜ようになる

youninaru

Coming to be able to

Formation

ようになる marks a change that has landed: something is now the case that was not before. With a potential verb it is the natural way to say you have become able to do something. The change is gradual, which is why なる rather than する.

Examples

〜ようになる is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. He reddened like a schoolboy.

  2. She has come to know something like love.

  3. He came to take a walk every morning after rehabilitation.

  4. Peter fell in love with the girl.

  5. My father finally learned to drive when he was fifty.

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.