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To make A; To change into A.
This displays the changing of the state or condition of something. The change is done by the subject.
  1. To make A; To change into A.
    This displays the changing of the state or condition of something. The change is done by the subject.
  2. To choose A (when ordering/choosing)
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       する  
Swimming makes your legs strong.
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その       鹿     
The boy makes a fool of adults.
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       する  
You make me happy.

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する
Basic Examples:
する (make someone into a Poster Girl)

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Aい-adjective -い
 
 
する
Basic Examples:
きれいする (to make pretty, clean)

よくする (to make better)

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To choose A (when ordering/choosing)
  1. To make A; To change into A.
    This displays the changing of the state or condition of something. The change is done by the subject.
  2. To choose A (when ordering/choosing)
どちら  します   
Which will you have?
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この       しよう  
Let's make this room red!
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      します  
I'll have a cola (soft-drink)!
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           あなた    する  
I already ordered, but what are you going to get?
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まだ            イタリア       しよう   
You still haven't decided? Well then, why don't we go to an Italian restaurant?
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コーヒー       しましょう                
How do you like your coffee? Strong and black?
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     ラーメン  する  
I'll have ramen for lunch.
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              しました  
I've decided on Kyoto and Osaka as our next destinations.
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おばさん      どれ  しよう    
I wonder which souvenir I should pick for my aunt.

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ANoun
する
Basic Examples:
カレーする (to choose curry, (I'll have) curry)

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TheMightyQuinn
Level: 1
I don't understand the description on this point at all. Normally I can figure it out from the examples people have written but there aren't any yet!!

From hearing this in everyday use I thought that it meant in (in this way)なにかする。For example, 「しくする」 - do it while having fun. But by these descriptions it seems like it might be totally different?
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マイコー
Level: 256
I'm trying to add more example sentences, but it takes time because I run them all by native speakers before they appear on these pages.

I can help you out with that usage though. Like the point says, it's often used when making decisions, like at a restaurant. If the waiter asks you what you want, you could say
カレーにします. (I'll have the curry).

The adjectival forms are much rarer, but still valid. The noun form is what I hear the most often.
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TheMightyQuinn
Level: 1
Oh, I see!! The curry point made it a lot clearer.

My apologies, it's been a while since I've used renshuu, and I missed the tab for the user-submitted sentences! There are loads of examples on there.
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Level: 122

I can help you out with that usage though. Like the point says, it's often used when making decisions, like at a restaurant. If the waiter asks you what you want, you could say
カレーにします. (I'll have the curry).


Could I ask, what level of politeness is this? (I don't want to accidently offend the person who's taking my order ^_^")

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7 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

Straight up normal politeness, but it feels more like something you might say to yourself or someone else in your party more often than directly to the waiter. I might say it to my wife, then when the waiter come by, just run off all the things I'm going to get.

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Level: 122

Straight up normal politeness, but it feels more like something you might say to yourself or someone else in your party more often than directly to the waiter. I might say it to my wife, then when the waiter come by, just run off all the things I'm going to get.


Ah fantastic, thanks so much!

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ターラ
Level: 39
Can someone help me understand this point a bit better?  I got the sentence が を しく して くれた. I can't find any other examples of 'しくして', and I don't understand the function of the extra 'して' at the end.
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6 years ago
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gdartfow
Level: 1464
This sentence actually combines two grammar points. This and てくれる: https://www.renshuu.org/grammar/66
しくする, by itself, means 'to make new', while ~てくれる means 'to do for me', so combined they would be 'to make new for me'. So しくしてくれた would be something like 'My mother made the futon new for me' (or 'freshened' as the translation gives it more clearly).

Renshuu's sentence library contains several more examples of this kind, like:
このかくしてくれた。 - These gloves kept her hands warm.
ジムがくしてくれたならなあ。 - I wish Jim would behave himself.
くしてくれます。 - Milk makes us strong.
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6 years ago
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ターラ
Level: 39
Ah, thanks, I think I understand now!

So, starting with しくする, but it has to be in the て form for ~てくれる, which gives しくして (and that's where the してcomes from that was confusing me)  and then it's くれた for the past tense.

Makes sense, cheers!
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Karlla
Level: 892
Stupid question:
Where can I find the adverbial constructions i-adj. + く/na-adj. + に + verb (other than なる, する) that do not necessarily imply change?
e.g. いている。

Thanks
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5 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256
I mentioned in on your other message, but adjectives don't get enough love yet in the grammar library! I'll rectify that as soon as I can!
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Karlla
Level: 892
It's a pity that adjectives should be so underrated. I certainly love them.^^
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Karlla
Level: 892

I've been discussing #2 with my hubby, and he said that instead of きくする you'd rather say きいにする or きいのにする etc. In other words, according to his opinion, adj.くする cannot be used for choices. I also looked into my grammar book, and it says that にする is used exclusively with nouns or noun + particle compounds.
If adj.くする should be possible after all, I'd very much like to see an example sentence.

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4 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

Sorry for the delay. I totally agree, and have fixed up the site to remove that usage style.

Additionally, there was an issue with the way the site combined usages that has shared elements. (Two meanings on the same page). That is also fixed!

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4 years ago
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Karlla
Level: 892

Although you said you removed that usage style, it still looks the same to me. Am I missing something after all?

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4 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

I *think* it is fixed now! It got rolled back because my previous fix was a bit too narrow in scope. It even looks better than before: it still knows how to combine the ones that belong, while isolating ones that are shared by multiple meanings.

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