来
N3らい rai
- for (10 days)
- next (year)
prefix
Chinese meanings
来……;自……以来
Examples
- 来年末までで、ここで働き始めてどれくらいの期間になりますか。How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?到明年年底,在这里工作会有多长时间?
- 彼女は数ヶ月来はじめて悲しく思った。She was sad for the first time in months.她几个月来第一次感到难过。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('379b767ed6'); // 来
{
"id": "379b767ed6",
"word": "来",
"reading": "らい",
"romaji": "rai",
"meanings": [
"for (10 days)",
"next (year)"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"pref"
],
"jmdict_id": 1547710,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "来年末までで、ここで働き始めてどれくらいの期間になりますか。",
"furigana": "{来|らい}{年末|ねんまつ}までで、ここで{働|はたら}き{始|はじ}めてどれくらいの{期間|きかん}になりますか。",
"en": "How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?",
"tatoeba_id": 78569
},
{
"ja": "彼女は数ヶ月来はじめて悲しく思った。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{数ヶ月|すうかげつ}{来|らい}はじめて{悲|かな}しく{思|おも}った。",
"en": "She was sad for the first time in months.",
"tatoeba_id": 88428
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d20cd6da42bb8d92603788c1210aec51c5de773de16cb4a6b9f9a5ad4aeb0f2f",
"meanings": [
"来……",
"自……以来"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "来年末までで、ここで働き始めてどれくらいの期間になりますか。",
"zh": "到明年年底,在这里工作会有多长时间?"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は数ヶ月来はじめて悲しく思った。",
"zh": "她几个月来第一次感到难过。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/379b767ed6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1547710; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "4adbc495af7042981ea9c9567ef5ff43f05b4c892b9c0a6363f17d0be0b9ce29"
}
}