なる・生るnaru

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto bear fruit
   この木きには実じつがならないんだ。↗

   This tree does not bear fruit.

• Synonym実るみのるNeutralCovers bearing fruit but also efforts paying off (「努力が実る」), with a nuance of ripening into results; 「生る」 is only for plants producing fruit.
• Related成熟せいじゅくNeutralRefers to fruit ripening, or to people and timing being mature (「成熟した大人」) — not to plants bearing fruit.
• Related熟成じゅくせいNeutralAging or maturing of sake, meat, cheese and the like (「熟成肉」) — not about plants bearing fruit.
• Related完熟かんじゅくNeutralFull, complete ripeness (「完熟トマト」); often seen in produce marketing, stressing fruit is ripe to the max.
• Related熟すじゅくすWrittenFruit ripening or the time being ripe (「機が熟す」); leans toward written style, though it is still heard in speech.
• Related熟するじゅくするWrittenThe written/formal counterpart of 「熟す」: fruit ripening or the moment arriving (「機が熟する」).
• Related熟れるうれるCasualColloquial verb for fruit ripening fully (「よく熟れた柿」); everyday speech, not for trees bearing fruit.

Use 「生る」 for plants bearing fruit (「柿が生る」「トマトが生る」). For fruit ripening use 「熟れる」 (colloquial) or 「熟す」 (written); for efforts paying off use 「実る」; for aging sake, meat or cheese use 「熟成」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 植物しょくぶつに果実かじつができる。