來: to come

 

來 [来] lái

verb | adverb
: to come; return

Kun Reading

来 | くる kuru

Kuru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
: to come back; to do … and come back
: to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
: () to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
: to come to (i.e. “when it comes to spinach …”)

来る | きたる kitaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to come; to arrive; to be due to
: (Pre-noun adjectival) next (e.g. “next April”); forthcoming; coming

来す | きたす kitasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

 Usage:

來自 lai2zi4: to come from; From: (email header)

來信 lai2xin4: incoming letter; send a letter here
[来信 | らいしん raisin: letter received]

來得及 lai2de ji2: there’s still time; able to do something in time

[間にあった maniatta: to make it in time]

來賓 [来宾] lai2bin1: guest; visitor
[来賓 | らいひん raibin]

來源 lai2yuan2: source; origin

原來 yuan2lai2: original; former; so; as it turns out

上來 shang4lai2: to come up; to approach

下不來 xia4 bu4 lai2: awkward; embarrassed; cannot be accomplished

又來了 you4 lai2 le5: here we go again

到頭來 [头来] dao4 tou2 lai2: in the end; finally; as a result

越來越: yue4 lai2 yue4: more and more

看來 kan4lai2: apparently; it seems that

将來 jiang1lai2: in the future
[将来 | しょうらい shourai: future (near); prospects]

馬來西亞 [马来西亚] ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4: Malaysia
[マレーシア mareeshia]

以來 yi3lai2: since [以来 | いらい irai: since; henceforth]

未來 wei4lai2: future; pending
[未来 | みらい mirai: the future (distant); the world to come

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Japanese common word | expression
来い | こい koi: come!
往って来い OR 行って来い | いってこい ittekoi
: going back and forth; changing scenery (theatre); fluctuation (e.g. in a market)
持って来い | もってこい mottekoi
: just right; ideal; perfectly suitable
: fetch! bring me …

来たて | きたて kitate: new arrival

来日 | らいじつ raijitsu: future day; later date
来月 | らいげつ raigetsu: next month
来週 | らいしゅう raishuu: next week
又来週 | またらいしゅう mataraishuu: see you next week!
来年 | らいねん rainen: next year
来年の事を言うと鬼が笑う | らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう
rainen no koto o iuto oni ga warau
: Talk about next year and the devil will laugh

来る日 | くるひ kuruhi: the coming days
来る年 | くるとし kurutoshi: the coming year

来週 | らいしゅう rairaishuu: next week
来々週 | らいらいしゅう rairaishuu: week after next

さ来年 | さらいねん sarainen: year after next
さ来月 | さらいげつ saraigetsu: month after next
さ来週 | さらいしゅう saraishuu: week after next

来世紀 | らいせいき raiseiki: next century

行って来る | いってくる ittekuru
: I’m off; see you later (said when leaving)
: to go (and then come back)

行って来ます | いってきます ittekimasu (polite)
: I’m off; see you later

帰って来る | かえってくる kaettekuru
: to return; to come back

戻って来る | もどってくる modottekuru: to come back

取って来る | とってくる tottekuru
: to fetch; to go and get

来にくい | きにくい kinikui: difficult to come

頭に来る | あたまにくる atamanikuru
: to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one’s cool

盛年重ねて来たらず | せいねんかさねてきたらず seinen kasanete kitarazu
: Time and tide wait for no man

腹が減っては戦は出来ぬ | はらがへってはいくさはできぬ
hara ga hette wa ikusa wa dekinu
: an army marches on its stomach; you can’t fight on an empty stomach

馬鹿に出来ない | ばかにできない baka ni dekinai
: someone (something) not to be trifled with

出来る | dekiru できる
: can; to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
: to be ready; to be completed
: to be made; to be built
: to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
: to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
: to grow; to be raise

お願い出来ますか | おねがいできますか onegai deki masuka
: may I ask (for); might I ask (that)

出て来る | でてくる detekuru: to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
出来した | でかした dekashita: well done; good job!

不出来 | ふでき fudeki: bad job/performance/workmanship
上出来 | じょうでき joudeki: good job/performance
大出来 | おおでき oodeki: well-made; well-done; great success

出来るだけ | できるだけ dekirudake
: as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

事が出来る | ことができる kotogadekiru
: can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done

出来るだけ早く | できるだけはやく dekirudakehayaku: as soon as possible

Chinese idiom
老來俏 lao3 lai2 qiao4
: old person who dresses up as teenager; mutton dressed as lamb

過來[过来]人 guo4 lai2 ren2
: an experienced person; sb who has been around (the block); sb who has personally experienced it

下不來臺 [来台] xia4 bu4 lai2 tai2
: to be put on the spot; to find oneself in an awkward situation

一來二去 yi1 lai2 er4 qu4
: gradually; little by little; in the course of time

來歷[来历]不明 lai2 li4 bu4 ming2
: of unknown origin

獨來獨往 [独来独往] du2 lai2 du2 wang3
: coming and going alone: a lone operator; keeping to oneself; unsociable; maverick

來日方長 [来日方长] lai2 ri4 fang1 chang2
: the future is long: there will be ample time for that later. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there

後來[后来]居上 hou4 lai2 ju1 shang4
: lit. late-comer lives above: the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master

先來後到 [先来后到] xian1 lai2 hou4 dao4
: in order of arrival; first come, first served

禮尚往來 [礼尚往来] li3 shang4 wang3 lai2
: lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity: fig. to return politeness for politeness

眉來眼去 mei2 lai2 yan3 qu4
: lit. eyes and eyebrows come and go: to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb

愛得死去活來 [爱得死去活来] ai4 de si3 qu4 huo2 lai2: to be madly in love

來無影，去無蹤 [来无影，去无踪] lai2 wu2 ying3 , qu4 wu2 zong1
: lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint: to come and go without a trace

前不見古人，後不見來者
qian2 bu4 jian4 gu3 ren2 , hou4 bu4 jian4 lai2 zhe3
: unique; unprecedented

血債要用血來還 [血债要用血来还] xue4 zhai4 yao4 yong4 xue4 lai2 huan2
: A debt of blood must be paid in blood. Blood calls for blood

舊的不去，新的不來 [旧的不去，新的不来] jiu4 de5 bu4 qu4 , xin1 de5 bu4 lai2
: lit. If the old doesn’t go, the new will not come.You can’t make progress by clinging to old notions.