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How can I say, "I am becoming ____". For example, "becoming angry" or "becoming tired".

Would it be "okotte naru"? "Okori naru"?


Also, what about "starting to ...", like starting to rain? Ame ga furi hajimeru?

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by Shimada Jiei  

. 2010/9/4 13:44
...dasu or hajimeru.
W/ common expression
(カッカッと) okori dasu or hajimeru,
tsukare dasu or ga dehajimeru
(ドシャブシャと)ame ga furi dasu or hajimeru,
(ワッハッハと) warai dasu or warai hajimeru,
(ワーワー or メャ<)naki dasu or hajimeru



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... 2010/9/4 16:05
For "getting tired," the verb "to tire" is "tsukareru/tsukaremasu,"
- Tsukarete kita. (I started to get tired.
"...(te) kuru/kimasu" is you "begin to fall into a condition of..."

"okoru/okorimasu" is the verb "to get angry, to get/show/act upset."
So if you want to say someone *started* to get/act angry, you can say
- Okori hajimamata.

Since this verb is more "describing/observing" someone get/act angry, if you want to say "I started to get angry," you would want to use another verb: atama ni kuru/kimasu." If you want to say something like "As I listened to the story, I started getting angry,"
- Hanashi wo kiite itara, atama ni ki hajimeta.

The same for "starting to rain.
- Ame ga furi hajimeta. (It started to rain.)
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