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ならない [spec1] ならぬ [sk] ならん [sk] なりません [sk]
1. [exp,adj-i]
《as ...てならない》
▶ cannot help (feeling)
▶ unbearably
▶ awfully
▶ irresistibly
2. [exp,adj-i]
《as ...てはならない》
▶ must not ...
▶ should not ...
3. [exp,adj-i]
《as ...なくてはならない, ...なければならない, ...ねばならない, etc.》
▶ must ...
▶ have to ...
▶ ought to ...
4. [exp,adj-i]
▶ cannot
▶ unable to
5. [exp,adj-i] [dated]
《as ...ではならない》
▶ not

Conjugations


History:
21. A 2022-12-23 06:03:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ならない	41782162	73.2%
ならぬ	2711492	4.8%
ならん	2486657	4.4%
なりません	10102502	17.7%
  Comments:
Probably safe. The count for なりません will include false positives.
20. A* 2022-12-23 00:01:07  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, meikyo, DIJG
  Comments:
Added sense.
I suggest making ならぬ and ならん (and なりません) search-only so that we can add adj-i tags. ならなかった should be searchable.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -12,0 +14,5 @@
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>なりません</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -16,4 +22,6 @@
-<s_inf>usu. ...てならない or ...でならない</s_inf>
-<gloss>cannot help (doing, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>cannot resist</gloss>
-<gloss>cannot bear not to</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<s_inf>as ...てならない</s_inf>
+<gloss>cannot help (feeling)</gloss>
+<gloss>unbearably</gloss>
+<gloss>awfully</gloss>
+<gloss>irresistibly</gloss>
@@ -23 +31,2 @@
-<s_inf>usu. ...てはならない or ...ではならない</s_inf>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<s_inf>as ...てはならない</s_inf>
@@ -29,2 +38,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1632350">なければならない</xref>
-<s_inf>usu. ...なくてはならない, ...なければならない, or ...ねばならない</s_inf>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<s_inf>as ...なくてはならない, ...なければならない, ...ねばならない, etc.</s_inf>
@@ -37 +46 @@
-<gloss>can't</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
@@ -39,0 +49,7 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<misc>&dated;</misc>
+<s_inf>as ...ではならない</s_inf>
+<gloss>not</gloss>
19. A 2022-12-21 23:15:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I agree. I sort-of suggested dropping it in 2015.
  Diff:
@@ -13,3 +12,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>なりません</reb>
18. A* 2022-12-20 13:36:50  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think なりません belongs here.
17. A 2022-12-20 10:52:33  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not a verb.
  Diff:
@@ -42 +42 @@
-<gloss>to be unable to</gloss>
+<gloss>unable to</gloss>
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