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鬼になる
おにになる
1. [exp,v5r] [id]
▶ to harden one's heart
▶ to steel oneself
▶ to be ruthless
2. [exp,v5r]
▶ to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-06-17 15:31:26  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Indeed. We should have noticed that when the entry was submitted.
4. A* 2023-06-17 02:20:40  Chris Vasselli <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www.edrdg.org/jmdictdb/cgi-bin/srchres.py?svc=jmdict&s1=1&y1=4&t1=になる&s2=1&y2=1&t2=&s3=1&y3=1&t3=&idtyp=seq&idval=&search=Search&src=1&stat=2&appr=appr&appr=unappr&nfcmp=&nfval=&snote=&snotem=0&smtr=&smtrm=0&ts0=&ts1=&refs=&refsm=0&cmts=&cmtsm=0&mt=0&grp=
  Comments:
vs-i seems like the wrong part of speech tag. Other entries that end in になる are all v5r.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<pos>&vs-i;</pos>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<pos>&vs-i;</pos>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
3. A 2023-04-16 10:40:58  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>to become "It" in a game (e.g. hide-and-seek)</gloss>
+<gloss>to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)</gloss>
2. A 2023-04-16 05:03:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: (鬼ごっこで)鬼に体を触られたら, 今度は君が鬼になるんだよ. If you get tagged by the one that's It, then you become It next.
缶蹴りの鬼になる be 「it [the seeker] in kick-the-can.
  Comments:
Better have the more common and literal usage.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&vs-i;</pos>
+<gloss>to become "It" in a game (e.g. hide-and-seek)</gloss>
+</sense>
1. A* 2023-04-12 01:39:55  Nicolas Maia
  Refs:
https://thesaurus.weblio.jp/content/鬼になって
  Comments:
Co-worker said, "今週も鬼になる男". Possibly related to 心を鬼にする.

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