In Japanese, "to be" is なる (naru). It is a verb.
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なる is written in hiragana. Romanised as naru, it sounds roughly like "nah-roo" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steamなる is romanised as naru. Say it roughly like "nah-roo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
なる is the plain (dictionary) form, used in casual speech and in dictionaries. For polite situations, verbs take a different ending, typically -masu. In Noun Town the game always shows the dictionary form.
なる is written using hiragana. Hiragana is the basic Japanese syllabary used for native words and grammatical elements.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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