EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

    to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼は父親の例にならっていった。
    He followed in his father's footsteps.

Also written 傚う【ならう】慣らう【ならう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

emulate, imitate

Kun
なら.う
On
ホウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2454 of 2500
Radical
person

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Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
1-2-8SKIP code
2a8.7The Kanji Dictionary
2824.0Four corner code
2166deroo
5023Unicode hex code
1-42-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
466Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
235New Nelson (John Haig)
113New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
127Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
83Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
95Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
979Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1053Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1913A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1616Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
785Morohashi
1798A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1776Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1908Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1056Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1304Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1247Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
113Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
988Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fang3Pinyin reading
bangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)