無くなる
なくなる
to disappear, to get lost
Nakunaru (無くなる) is a godan verb meaning "to disappear, to get lost". Its polite form is 無くなります (nakunarimasu), its te form is 無くなって (nakunatte), its past form is 無くなった (nakunatta), and its negative form is 無くならない (nakunaranai).
Godan verbJLPT N4
Nakunaru (無くなる) conjugation quick reference
無くなる means "to disappear, to get lost". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Nakunaru example sentences
お金がなくなります。
My money is running out.
鍵がなくなりました。
I lost my key.
心配はなくなりません。
The worry doesn't go away.
How to use Nakunaru: grammar notes
•無くなる is often used with the particle が to show what disappears — for example, 鍵が無くなった means “The key disappeared” or “I lost the key.”
•Don’t use を with 無くなる — it’s not an action you do to something, but something that happens on its own.
•Use the てしまう form (無くなってしまう) when you want to express that something disappeared unintentionally or sadly — like お金が無くなってしまった (“My money is gone...”).
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Nakunaru
お金が無くなる
To run out of money
元気が無くなる
To lose energy / feel down
時間が無くなる
To run out of time
Nakunaru (無くなる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 無くなる | nakunaru |
| Masu Form | 無くなります | nakunarimasu |
| Te Form | 無くなって | nakunatte |
| Past Form | 無くなった | nakunatta |
| Negative Form | 無くならない | nakunaranai |
| Past Negative | 無くならなかった | nakunaranakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 無くなります | nakunarimasu |
| Polite Past | 無くなりました | nakunarimashita |
| Polite Negative | 無くなりません | nakunarimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 無くなりませんでした | nakunarimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 無くなれる | nakunareru |
| Passive Form | 無くなられる | nakunarareru |
| Causative Form | 無くならせる | nakunaraseru |
| Causative Passive | 無くならされる | nakunarasareru |
| Volitional Form | 無くなろう | nakunarou |
| Imperative Form | 無くなれ | nakunare |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 無くなれば | nakunareba |
| Conditional (たら) | 無くなったら | nakunattara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 無くなっている | nakunatteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 無くなりたい | nakunaritai |
| Prohibition | 無くなるな | nakunaruna |