N5 Kanji Course

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Marshall

N5 Kanji 94: 来

Meaning of kanji 来:

In Japanese, 来 means “to come”.

How to read kanji 来:

Kunyomi	き、こ、く
Onyomi	らい

Note:
The reading of 来 will change if you convert the form of verb 来くる.

For example, 来きて、来こない、来きたい、来こられる、来きます、来きた

How to write kanji 来:

Origin of kanji 来:

The original meaning of 来 is “wheat”, now its origin meaning has gone and only means “to come”.
You can remember it by “wheat will be ripe if the fall come”.

Development of kanji 来:

Vocabulary containing kanji 来:

Word	Reading	Meaning
来る	くる	to come
出来る	できる	be able to
来年	らいねん	next year
来週	らいしゅう	next week
来月	らいげつ	next month
将来	しょうらい	future
以来	いらい	since
本来	ほんらい	originally
従来	じゅうらい	conventional
未来	みらい	future
出来事	できごと	event
出来上がる	できあがる	to be done
由来	ゆらい	origin
外来	がいらい	outpatient
到来	とうらい	arrival
元来	がんらい	originally
来客	らいきゃく	visitor
伝来	でんらい	transmission
出来高	できだか	performance
来場	らいじょう	visit

Example Sentences of kanji 来:

なんでもっと早はやくここに来こなかったのだろう。
Why didn’t you get here sooner?

先さきに進すすむべき時ときが来きました。
It is time for me to move on.

大だい丈じょう夫ぶ、君きみなら出来できる！自じ分ぶんを信しんじて！
It’ll be fine, you can do it! Trust yourself!

来らい週しゅう二日ふつか間かんの休やすみを取とるつもりです。
I am going to take two days off next week.

列車れっしゃはすぐに来くると思おもいます。
I think the train will come soon.

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