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来 kanji
come, due, next, cause, become
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ライタイ
Kun readings
くるきたるきたすきたすきたるきこ
Variant forms
來Words with 来
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5来月Popularnext month
- N5来週Popularnext week
- N5来年Popularnext year
- N5さ来年year after next
- N4将来Popularfuture; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to; causing; incurring
- N4さ来月month after next
- N4さ来週week after next
- N3来Popularnext (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
- N3以来Popularsince; henceforth; ever since
- N3未来Popular(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; the world to come; future (tense)
- N2本来Popularoriginally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; proper; rightful; legal; normal
- N2来日Popularcoming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
- N2再来月Popularmonth after next
- N2再来週Popularweek after next
- N2再来年Popularyear after next
- N1家来Popularretainer; vassal; follower
- N1外来Popularforeign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic; outpatient ward
- N1元来Popularoriginally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually; in the first place; to begin with
- N1従来Popularup to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual; existing
- N1伝来introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down