BECOME in Japanese - Cambridge Dictionary AI Assistant Dictionary Translate Grammar Thesaurus +Plus Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Games Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out {{userName}} Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out Log in / Sign up English (UK) 1 ? true : false } }), searchAutoComplete.changeToLayoutContainer(); tap:AMP.setState({ stateSearch: { autocomplete: stateSearch.dataset != 'wordlists' && stateSearch.term.length 1 } })" / English–Japanese 1) ? '/autocomplete/amp?dataset=' + stateSearch.dataset + '&q=' + stateSearch.term : 'https://'" 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'" {{word}} {{#beta}} Beta{{/beta}} {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{^selected}} {{name}} {{/selected}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Translation of become – English–Japanese dictionary become verb uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /bɪˈkʌm/ us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /bɪˈkʌm/ present participle becoming | past tense became | past participle become Add to word list Add to word list A2 to begin to be something ～になる They became great friends. what became of…? something you say when you want to know what has happened to someone ～はどうしたんだい？ What became of your friend Harry? (Translation of become from the Cambridge English–Japanese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translation of become | GLOBAL English–Japanese Dictionary become linking v /bɪˈkʌm/ past became | past participle become to begin to be different ～になる His voice became sad. 彼の声が落ち込んだ。 She’s studying to become a doctor. 彼女は医者になるために勉強している。 Life is becoming more difficult for them. 彼らにとって生活はますます困難なものになっている。 It became obvious that the economy was not improving. 景気が回復していないことが明らかになった。 What will become of/has become of sb/sth? old-fashioned indicates interest in what will happen or has happened to sb or sth ～はどうなるのか What became of his girlfriend? 彼の彼女はどうなったのですか。 (Translation of become from the GLOBAL English-Japanese Dictionary © 2022 K Dictionaries Ltd) Examples of become become As long as liberals were unwilling to contemplate more redistributive state measures, local government became their central arena for social policy. From the Cambridge English Corpus Market value becomes the relevant figure, so the $5 million increase in asset values is not subject to five-year averaging. From the Cambridge English Corpus Also, immigrant integration became more politicized, with various politicians now openly calling for a tougher approach to immigrant integration. From the Cambridge English Corpus Shaming and humiliation then became tools of policy or a vehicle of private psychosis. From the Cambridge English Corpus Advertising companies also became larger and more integrated. From the Cambridge English Corpus Furthermore, the surface area that becomes buried from solvent exposure upon association is smaller than in more tightly packed sequence-specific complexes. From the Cambridge English Corpus Moral reasoning, when personal happiness is seriously considered below the surface of moral deliberation, becomes prudential reasoning. From the Cambridge English Corpus Worsteds became the flavour of the year in 1622. 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Translations of become in Chinese (Traditional) 成為, 變成, 變得… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 成为, 变成, 变得… See more in Spanish convertirse en, empezar a, comenzar a… See more in Portuguese tornar-se, vir a ser, fica bem em… See more in more languages in Marathi in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian सुरवात होऊ लागणे, बनणे… See more olmak, (başına bir şey) gelmek, uymak… See more devenir, advenir de, bien aller à… See more convertir-se en… See more worden, worden van, goed staan… See more தொடங்குவதற்கான… See more हो जाना, होना… See more બનવું, થવું… See more blive, blive af, ske med… See more bli, bli av, passa… See more menjadi, terjadi, sesuai… See more werden, werden aus, stehen… See more bli, bli av, skje (med)… See more ہونا, بننا… See more робитися, ставати, стати… See more అగు, ఉండు, తయారగు… See more কিছু হওয়া শুরু করা বা করানো… See more stávat se, stát se, slušet… See more menjadi, terjadi, cocok… See more กลายเป็น, มีคุณสมบัติที่จะทำงานเป็น, เกิดขึ้นกับ… See more trở nên, trở thành, xảy đến… See more stawać się, zostać, stać się… See more -가 되다… See more diventare, divenire, avvenire di… See more Need a translator? 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