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来	Meanings: come On Readings: ライ rai Kun Readings: く（る） ku(ru), きた（る） kita(ru), きた（す） kita(su) Most Used Pronunciation: ku(ru) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 木 Stroke Number: 7

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Common jukugo
来年 - らい　ねん rai nen - next year
出来る - で　き　る de ki ru - can, able to
来月 - らい　げつ rai getsu - next month
再来週 - さ　らい　しゅう sa rai shuu - week after next
来日 - らい　にち rai nichi - coming to Japan; arrive in Japan

Useful Examples
Japanese: 父が来た。
Romaji: chichi ga kita.
English: Father came.

Japanese: アメリカから両親が来ます。
Romaji: amerika kara ryou shin ga kimasu.
English: My parents are coming from America.

Japanese: 春がすぐやって来ます。
Romaji: haru ga sugu yatte kimasu.
English: Spring is coming soon.

Japanese: 和平会談が来週始まる。
Romaji: wahei kaidan ga raishuu hajimaru.
English: Peace talks will begin next week.

Japanese: １９９０年の主な出来事は何でしたか。
Romaji: 1990 nen no omo na dekigoto wa nan deshita ka.
English: What were the chief events of 1990?

Japanese: 友人は空港へ見送りに来るのですか。
Romaji: yuujin wa kuukou e miokuri ni kuru no desu ka.
English: Will your friends be seeing you off at the airport?

Japanese: この本は来年印刷されるでしょう。
Romaji: kono hon wa rainen insatsu sareru deshou.
English: This book will be printed next year.

Japanese: 東京発の００１便で来ました。
Romaji: toukyouhatsu no 001 bin de kimashita.
English: I was on Flight 001 from Tokyo.

Japanese: 油と水を混ぜる事は出来ない。
Romaji: abura to mizu o mazeru koto wa dekinai.
English: You can not mix oil and water.

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Notes/Mnemonic
This is one of the very few irregular verbs: kuru becomes 'kimasu' in the -masu form!

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.