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Grammar JLPT Level N4 - Lesson 27

Structure of 化(か)する:

Noun + ()(する)
Noun + () + する(1) + Noun

(1) した

Details about 化(か)する:

() by itself is a suffix in Japanese which means 'to change', or 'to transform'. When paired with する, it means 'to transform into (A)', where (A) is the noun that () is connected to. This structure is regularly translated as '~ification', or '~ization', and similar suffixes in English.
  • あと数年(すうねん)運転(うんてん)自動(じどう)()する
    In a few years driving will become automated.
  • (わたし)仕事(しごと)書類(しょるい)データ()する
    At work, I digitize documents.
When the する is connected to another noun, it may occasionally appear as した, or with attached to the end of it. This will indicate that there is a relationship between (B) and (A).
  • (れっ)()した(いえ)()(なお)仕事(しごと)たい
    I want a job rebuilding deteriorated homes.
  • 日本(にほん)紙社会(かみしゃかい)なので仕事(しごと)オンライン()するのは(きび)
    Since Japan is a paper society, digitalization of work is difficult.
However, in formal/scientific writing, the する (and ) may sometimes be dropped.
  • 日本(にほん)高齢(こうれい)()(すす)でいる
    In Japan, the population is aging progressively.
化(か)する

Usage Notes for 化(か)する:

Synonyms for 化(か)する:

Example of 化(か)する

それ単純(たんじゅん)()した英語(えいご)のように()

It appears to be simplified English.

20世紀(せいき)経済(けいざい)成長(せいちょう)原因(げんいん)(ひと)自動(じどう)()(かんが)えられている

It is considered that automation is one of the sources of economic growth in the 20th century.

(とう)さん、アプリこうやって最小(さいしょう)()するの。

Dad, you minimize apps like this.

その(あら)たなタイプ電池(でんち)商品(しょうひん)()する計画(けいかく)がある()われている

It is said that there are already plans to commercialize that new type of battery.

プラスチック(えき)()する方法(ほうほう)エネルギ産業(さんぎょう)一変(いっぺん)させかもしれない

The plastic liquefaction method might revolutionize the energy industry.

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らしい ②

typical of, -ish・like, appropriate for, becoming of, befitting
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に見(み)える

To look, To seem, To appear
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命令形(めいれいけい)

(Verb)!, Do (something)!
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様(よう)に

So that, In order to, In such a way that
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予定(よてい)だ

Plan to, Intend to
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