<entry id="2306906" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2861922</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>そうになる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<s_inf>usu. after the -masu stem of a verb</s_inf>
<gloss>to almost happen</gloss>
<gloss>to be about to happen</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2024-07-14 10:20:53" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>mark dufour</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>somewhat obvious grammatical construct perhaps, but very common:

そうになる	1110333</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://www.joyokanjikai.com/learning-japanese/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B-japanese-grammar-explained/</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-07-18 05:53:58" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Probably useful. I'll index a sentence or two.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Makino &amp; Tsutsui (DIJG) pp 409-413.
そうになる	1110333
そうになった	1253837 &lt;- already an entry</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v5r;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;usu. after the -masu stem of a verb&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to almost happen&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>