JLPT N3 · prefix

来 (rai)

来 (らい, rai) is a Japanese prefix meaning “next (year, spring, etc.); coming”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: らい
Romaji: rai
Word class: prefix
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

来年末までで、ここで働き始めてどれくらいの期間になりますか。

How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 来

来

come, due, nextライ・タイ・く.る・きた.る · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 来.

来るくるto come (spatially or temporally)来月らいげつnext month来週らいしゅうnext week来年らいねんnext yearさ来年さらいねんyear after next将来しょうらいfuture再来月さらいげつmonth after next再来週さらいしゅうweek after next以来いらいsince未来みらい(distant) future出来事できごとoccurrence本来ほんらいoriginally来日らいにちcoming to Japan出来上がりできあがりcompletion

Source: JMdict entry 1547710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.