JLPT N5 · Verb

来る (kuru)

来る (くる, kuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to come (spatially or temporally); to approach”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: くる
Romaji: kuru
Word class: Irregular verb 来る
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive · irregular verb (来る), intransitive
to come back; to do ... and come back · irregular verb (来る), intransitive, auxiliary verb · usually written in kana · after the -te form of a verb
to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue · irregular verb (来る), intransitive, auxiliary verb · usually written in kana · after the -te form of a verb
to come from; to be caused by; to derive from · irregular verb (来る), intransitive
to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...") · irregular verb (来る), intransitive

Example sentences

１０時までに来ます。

I'll come by 10.

Tatoeba #236043

私の父は私に、ぜひそこを見てくるようにといった。

My father insisted that I should go to see the place.

Tatoeba #162829

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

Conjugation of 来る

Irregular verb 来る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	来る	くる kuru
Polite (~masu)	来ます	きます kimasu
Negative	来ない	こない konai
Polite negative	来ません	きません kimasen
Past	来た	きた kita
Polite past	来ました	きました kimashita
Negative past	来なかった	こなかった konakatta
Te-form	来て	きて kite
Potential	来られる	こられる korareru
Passive	来られる	こられる korareru
Causative	来させる	こさせる kosaseru
Volitional	来よう	こよう koyou
Imperative	来い	こい koi
Conditional (~ba)	来れば	くれば kureba

Kanji in 来る

来

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 来る.

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来らいnext (year, spring, etc.)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 1547720 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.