なる
to become, to result in, to come (to do)
The sea was flat this morning. All afternoon the waves grew, and by evening they are gnarly. It did not start that way, it became that way: なる.
Stretches a long way: becoming, turning out, and coming to do something. Expect to meet it in shapes you do not recognise for a while.
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