来
らい
Meanings
- Prefix next (year, spring, etc.); coming
- Suffix since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
Kanji
- 来 come. Read as ライ.
Example sentences
- ジョンが来次第出発しよう。
Let's go as soon as John comes. - 私は今学期ほとんど勉強をしなかったので、来学期はうんと勉強をするつもりです。
I have hardly studied this term, so I'm going to study hard next term. - 私と彼は十年来のつきあいだ。
I have been associated with him for ten years. - 私は彼女と五年来の知り合いである。
I have known her for five years. - 彼女は数ヶ月来はじめて悲しく思った。
She was sad for the first time in months.
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