来

らい

next (year, spring, etc.)

N3 #2,522

Also a form of

来るくる stem to come (spatially or temporally) N5

Meanings

prefix next (year, spring, etc.); coming
suffix since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)

Its kanji

来ライ、タイ · く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こ come, due, next, cause, become

In sentences

ここに来らいな。 Come here. #1215216

来らいちゃだめだ。 You can't come. #10908794

毎年まいとしここに来らいなきゃ。 I'll have to come here every year. #81248

ここに来らいさえすればいい。 You have only to come here. #177855

ジョンが来らい次第しだい出発しゅっぱつしよう。 Let's go as soon as John comes. #215511

私わたしと彼かれは十年じゅうねん来らいのつきあいだ。 I have been associated with him for ten years. #1259105

風邪引かぜひいてんなら学校がっこう来らいんなよ。 If you've caught a cold, then don't come to school. #3603341

彼かれが来こようが来らいまいが、私わたしは行ぎょうく。 Whether he comes or not, I'll go. #119385