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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
- —来園者park visitor
- —渡来神deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko)
- —数年来several years standing; over several years
- —未来人man of the future; Homo futurus
- —風来人wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
- —往来物ōraimono; type of elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods
- —犬矢来short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)
- —来客用for visitors; for guests
- —来月号next month's issue
- —来月末end of next month
- —来訪神joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
- —外来科outpatient department
- —未来記forecast of the future
- —未来的futuristic
- —波来土pearlite
- —来店者visitor (to a store, restaurant, etc.); (in-store) customer; patron
- —来店客customer (who visits an establishment in person); in-store customer; visitor
- —来客者visitor; guest
- —来館者visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
- —来住者new arrival; newcomer; incomer