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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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水 泳 は 足 を 強 く 為 る 。 
Swimming makes your legs strong.
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其 の 少 年 は 大人 を 馬 鹿 に す る 。 
The boy makes a fool of adults.
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君 は 僕 を 幸 せ に 為 る 。 
You make me happy.
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エ ア コ ン を 強 く 為 て 下 さ い 。 
Please turn up the air conditioner.
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御 楽 に 為 て 下 さ い 。 
Make yourself at home.
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御 年 寄 り に は 親 切 に 為 な さ い 。 
Be kind to old people.
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此 の 手 紙 を 書留 に 為 て 貰 い た い 。 
I want this letter registered.
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此 の 文 を 英 文 に 為 な さ い 。 
Put this sentence into English.
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ダ ブ ル ベ ッ ド の 部屋 に 為 て 下 さ い 。 
Please make it a room with a double bed.
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出 来 る だ け 辛 く 為 て 下 さ い 。 
Make it as (spicy) hot as you can.
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ラ ジ オ の 音 を 低 く 為 て 下 さ い 。 
Please turn down the radio.
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私 が 話 し て 居 る 間 は 静 か に 為 て 居 な さ い 。 
Be quiet while I'm speaking.
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速 達 に 為 て 呉 れ ま せ ん か 。 
Can you make it special delivery?
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サ ン ド イ ッ チ は 三 角 に 為 て ね 。 
Cut the sandwich into triangles, ok?
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Basic Examples:
看板娘に為る (make someone into a Poster Girl)

Aな-adjective に
 
Aい-adjective -い く
 
 
する
Basic Examples:
奇麗に為る (to make pretty, clean)

良くする (to make better)

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Questions/Discussion

Is ～にする and ～くする for adjectives similar to 'be (adj.)' in English? Like 静かにする, it might translate to 'be quiet', or 強くする, which might translate to 'be strong', stuff like that. (Sorry if this was already asked, I didn't really dig into the discussions about the grammar)
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Yes. 静かにする would be to make it quiet. The latter would be to make it strong(er). This is an active process you are involved in vs なる which can be a passive process.
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AllOuttaBubblegum
Level: 205
Thank you for explaining! It's very helpful ^^
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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)
何方どちらに 為しま す か ？ 
Which will you have?
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此 の 部屋 の 色 を 赤 に 為 よ う ！ 
Let's make this room red!
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私 は コ ー ラ に 為 ま す ！ 
I'll have a cola (soft-drink)!
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僕 は も う 注 文 し た け ど 、 貴方 は 何 に 為 る ？ 
I already ordered, but what are you going to get?
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未 だ 決 ま っ て 居 な い ？ じ ゃ 、 伊太利 レ ス ト ラ ン に 為 よ う か ？ 
You still haven't decided? Well then, why don't we go to an Italian restaurant?
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珈琲 は ど ん な 風 に 為 ま し ょ う か 。 濃 い ブ ラ ッ ク が い い で す か 。 
How do you like your coffee? Strong and black?
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御 昼 ご 飯 は 拉麺 に 為 る 。 
I'll have ramen for lunch.
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今 度 の 旅 行 先 は 、 京 都 と 大 阪 に 為 ま し た 。 
I've decided on Kyoto and Osaka as our next destinations.
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伯母 さ ん へ の お 土産 は 何 れ に 為 よ う か な 。 
I wonder which souvenir I should pick for my aunt.
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咖哩に為る (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, 「楽しくする」 - do it while having fun. But by these descriptions it seems like it might be totally different?
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 300
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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本影
Level: 122
マイコー は 02月 2日, 7:59に

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).

と言いました。


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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9 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 300

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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本影
Level: 122
マイコー は 10月 19日, 10:24に

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.

と言いました。


Ah fantastic, thanks so much!

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9 years ago
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ターラ
Level: 39
Can someone help me understand this point a bit better?  I got the sentence 母が 布団を 新しく して くれた. I can't find any other examples of '新しくして', and I don't understand the function of the extra 'して' at the end.
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7 years ago
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gdartfow
Level: 1914
This sentence actually combines two grammar points. This and てくれる: https://www.renshuu.org/grammar/66
新しくする, 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 母が布団を新しくしてくれた 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:
この手袋が彼女の手を暖かくしてくれた。 - These gloves kept her hands warm.
ジムが行儀良くしてくれたならなあ。 - I wish Jim would behave himself.
牛乳は私達を強くしてくれます。 - Milk makes us strong.
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7 years ago
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ターラ
Level: 39
Ah, thanks, I think I understand now!

So, starting with 新しくする, but it has to be in the て form for ~てくれる, which gives 新しくして (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: 898
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. 祖父も祖母も元気に働いている。

Thanks
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6 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 300
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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6 years ago
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Karlla
Level: 898
It's a pity that adjectives should be so underrated. I certainly love them.^^
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6 years ago
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Karlla
Level: 898

I've been discussing #2 with my hubby, and he said that instead of 大きくする you'd rather say 大きい方にする or 大きいのにする 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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5 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 300

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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5 years ago
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Karlla
Level: 898

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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5 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 300

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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