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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

以い来らい

N3
いらい irai
  1. since
  2. henceforth
noun suffix

Chinese meanings

以来;此后

Examples

  • 1988年ねん以い来らいトムに会あっていません。
    I haven't seen Tom since 1988.
    自从一九八八年以来,我没有见过汤姆。
  • 先せん週しゅうの土ど曜よう日び以い来らいずっと雨あめです。
    It has been raining since last Saturday.
    从上周六起一直在下雨。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b96dc58373'); // 以来
{
  "id": "b96dc58373",
  "word": "以来",
  "reading": "いらい",
  "romaji": "irai",
  "meanings": [
    "since",
    "henceforth"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n-suf"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1155210,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "1988年以来トムに会っていません。",
      "furigana": "1988{年|ねん}{以来|いらい}トムに{会|あ}っていません。",
      "en": "I haven't seen Tom since 1988.",
      "tatoeba_id": 235889
    },
    {
      "ja": "先週の土曜日以来ずっと雨です。",
      "furigana": "{先週|せんしゅう}の{土曜日|どようび}{以来|いらい}ずっと{雨|あめ}です。",
      "en": "It has been raining since last Saturday.",
      "tatoeba_id": 141836
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a3413a64120c83e2209bdf2ba8e8df3c91dc0909a2d5366a2289d17ac170cde6",
    "meanings": [
      "以来",
      "此后"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "1988年以来トムに会っていません。",
        "zh": "自从一九八八年以来,我没有见过汤姆。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "先週の土曜日以来ずっと雨です。",
        "zh": "从上周六起一直在下雨。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b96dc58373",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1155210; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "d0dfc146839ec079971d319689e0781bdc5fbd3b17a8d4fc094f7225fa228247"
  }
}