Kanji: 来

    • Meaning : come,due,next,cause,become
    • ON reading : ライ,タイ
    • KUN reading : く.る,きた.る,きた.す,き.たす,き.たる,き,こ
    • Nanori : くり,くる,ごろ,さ
    • Stroke count : 7
    • Frequency of use ranking : 102
    • Jouyou grade level : 2
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical : 人(亻)

Words containing that kanji:


  • - とくていがいらいせいぶつ - introduced species (esp. invasive species as defined by law)
  • - がいらいせいぶつほう - Invasive Alien Species Act (2004)
  • わずたるまず - さるものはおわずきたるものはこばまず - do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes
  • るがませるない - うまをみずべにみちびくことはできるがうまにみずをのませることはできない - You may take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink
  • それ - それいらい - since then/from that time/ever since
  • - すうねんらい - several years standing/over several years
  • るようになる - できるようになる - (something) has become possible/(something) is now possible
  • ねてたらず - せいねんかさねてきたらず - Time and tide wait for no man
  • ってはぬ - はらがへってはいくさはできぬ - An army marches on its stomach
  • - みらいじん - man of the future/homo futurus/time traveler from the future
  • - とくていがいらいせいぶつぼうしほう - Invasive Alien Species Act (2004)
  • やってる - やってくる - to come along/to come around/to turn up
  • - ぼんとしょうがつがいっしょにきたよう - To be as busy as a bee/Like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one
  • うとう - らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう - Talk about next year and the devil will laugh
  • りでぬ - ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬ - The cowl does not make the monk
  • ぬもの - わるいことはできぬもの - Murder will out
  • - らいえん - visit to a park
  • - らいえんしゃ - park visitor
  • - とらいしん - deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particulalry the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko)
  • まず - くるものはこばまず - accept one who comes to you
  • まず - くるものこばまず - accept one who comes to you
  • ってる - めにはいってくる - to come into view
  • ちゃった | できちゃった - できちゃったこん - marriage due to unintended pregnancy/shotgun wedding
  • びにくる | びにる - あそびにくる - to come and stay/to drop in/to visit
  • - ほんらいじゅしんしゃ - preferred recipient
  • - みらいがくしゃ - futurist/futurologist
  • - じゅうらいがたどうせん - existing copper line
  • ぴんとる - ぴんとくる - to get (a joke or explanation)/to strike home/to know intuitively
  • - いらい - since/henceforth
  • - えんらい - foreign or distant visitor
  • - おうらい - coming and going/road/correspondence/street traffic/highway
  • | | - けらい - retainer/retinue/servant
  • - がいらいかんじゃ - outpatients
  • - がいらいご - borrowed word/foreign origin word
  • - がいらい - imported/outpatient clinic
  • - きょらい - coming and going/recurring (esp. thoughts)
  • - きゅうらい - traditional/from ancient times/formerly
  • - ちかいしょうらい - near future
  • - きんみらい - near future
  • - きんらい - recently
  • - ごちにょらい - five dhyani buddhas/five wisdom buddhas
  • ぎ - できすぎ - too good (in performance, workmanship, etc.)
  • - がんらい - originally/primarily/essentially/logically/naturally
  • - じゅうらいぎじゅつ - existing technology/conventional technology/prior art
  • - らいそん - great-great-great-grandchild
  • - こおうこんらい - in all ages/since antiquity
  • - たほうにょらい - Prabhutaratna (buddha)
  • - こらい - from time immemorial/ancient/time-honoured/time-honored
  • 使る | 使できる - しようできる - fit for use/available/operational/practicable/usable
  • ったりきたり | ったりたり - いったりきたり - going to and fro/back and forth
  • - ごらいてん - coming to the store
  • | さ - さらいげつ - month after next
  • - いまでき - something new
  • - みらいしんこうけい - future progressive tense
  • - ざいらい - pre-existing/already there/conventional
  • | さ - さらいしゅう - week after next
  • - さらいねん - year after next
  • り | たり - ありきたり - common/ordinary/conventional/customary
  • - さいらい - return/second coming/second advent/reincarnation
  • - いしみらい - volitional future
  • ってくる | ってる - もってくる - to bring
  • | - じらい - since then/after that
  • ない | できない - できないそうだん - impossible proposition/unreasonable proposal/tall order
  • ますか | おいできますか - おねがいできますか - may I ask (for)/might I ask (that)
  • | お - おでき - boil/blister/pimple
  • い | できるい - できるかぎりはやい - as soon as possible/at the earliest time
  • - しゅうらい - invasion/raid/attack/visitation (of a calamity)
  • る | る - できる - to be able (in a position) to do/to be up to the task | to be ready/to be completed | to be made/to be built | to be good at/to be permitted (to do) | to become intimate/to take up (with somebody) | to grow/to be raised
  • ばえ | え | え - できばえ - result/effect/performance/success | workmanship/execution/shape and quality of (an article)/finishing touches
  • い - できだかばらい - piecework payment
  • でき | - できしだい - as soon as completed
  • - できごころ - sudden impulse/passing fancy
  • て - できたて - fresh/just made
  • - しゅったい - occurrence/happening/taking place
  • るだけ - できるだけ - as much as one can/as much as possible/if at all possible
  • - できぐあい - result/effect/performance/success
  • い - できあい - ready-made/common-law (wife)
  • - できあき - autumn at harvest time/fall at harvest time
  • - できぼし - upstart/mushroom millionaire
  • - じゅうらいがた - existing (type, form)
  • - じゅうらい - up to now/so far/traditional/existing (e.g. equipment)
  • - でき - workmanship/craftsmanship/execution/finish | grades/results/score/record | quality (e.g. of a crop) | dealings/transactions
  • り | できるり - できるかぎり - as ... as one can
  • - できだか - yield/crop/production
  • う - できあう - to be ready-made/to become intimate with
  • がり - できあがり - finish/completion/ready/made for/cut out
  • なう - できそこなう - to be badly made/to fail
  • できちゃった | ちゃった - できちゃったけっこん - marriage due to unintended pregnancy/shotgun wedding
  • できる | - できるかぎりそうき - as soon as possible/ASAP
  • - できだかしごと - piecework
  • - できごと - incident/affair/happening/event
  • る | がる - できあがる - to be completed/to be finished/to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) | to be very drunk
  • - できね - selling price
  • - しょうらいてんぼう - future outlook/outlook for the future
  • - しょうらい - future (usually near)/prospects
  • にくる | る - みにくる - to come and see (someone, something)/to visit
  • - しょうらいぞう - vision of the future
  • - じょうでき - good performance
  • - しょうらいせい - future prospects/promise
  • | - さんきらい | サンキライ - Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla) | Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
  • たりなばからじ - ふゆきたりなばはるとおからじ - If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?
  • - ききょらい - quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown
  • ツケがってる | けがってる - ツケがまわってくる | つけがまわってくる - the bill will come due (expression used to imply that someone will eventually have to pay the price for their misdeeds)
  • - せんぞでんらい - inherited
  • - ほんらいのめんぼく - one's true nature (lit: one's original face)
  • - にょらいぞう - tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha)
  • - せんぱんらい - for some time
  • - そんらい - your visit
  • - きしだい - as soon as (he, she, it) comes
  • - にょらいぜん - Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha
  • ってる | いってる | ってくる - いってくる - I'm off/see you later | to go (and then come back)
  • よくた - よくできた - well-balanced/considerate/of fine character
  • それた - それきた - there it is/there it comes/got it/expression one says when what is expected comes
  • - とらい - visit/introduction/importation
  • 西 - そしせいらい - the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
  • - てんらい - heavenly/divine/inspired/heaven sent
  • - でんらい - ancestral/hereditary/imported/transmitted/handed down
  • - とうらい - arrival
  • にくる | る - あたまにくる - to get mad/to be highly offended/to get pissed off/to get angry/to lose one's cool
  • にはる - わらうかどにはふくきたる - good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
  • - でんらいご - loanword
  • - ねんらい - for some years
  • | でき - できこん - shotgun marriage
  • - にょらい - Tathagata/perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
  • そうなくっちゃ - そうこなくっちゃ - I thought so/I suspected as much/Just as I thought/Now you are talking
  • カッとる - カッとくる - to be made angry/to fly into a rage
  • りにできる | りにる - たよりにできる - to be dependable/to be reliable
  • 鹿ない - ばかにできない - someone (something) not to be trifled with
  • - はくらい - imported/foreign-made
  • - にゅうらい - august visit/arrival
  • - はくらいひん - imported article/imported goods
  • るべき | たるべき - きたるべき - expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
  • - きんみらいせいじけんきゅうかい - Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyukai (faction of the LDP)
  • - がいらいぎょ - introduced (non-native) fish species
  • - ひらい - come flying
  • - ふでき - bad job/poor workmanship/bungle
  • - がいらいしゅ - introduced (non-native) species
  • やがれ | おとといやがれ - おとといきやがれ - Don't you ever come here again!
  • ぎこしかた | ぎこし | - すぎこしかた - the past/bygone days (years, age, etc.) | the course (route) one has come by/the direction one came from
  • なら - ほんらいなら - by all rights
  • - どうぶつゆらいかんせんしょう - anthropozoonosis (diseases transmitted to humans by animals)
  • るだけく | できるだけく - できるだけはやく - as soon as possible
  • - ほんらい - essentially/naturally/by nature/in (and of) itself/originally
  • - またげらい - secondary retainer
  • - ばんらい - many guests
  • - みらいがた - futuristic
  • - みらいかんりょう - future perfect tense
  • - みらいは - futurism
  • - みらい - the future (usually distant) | future tense | the world to come
  • - みらいぞう - vision of the future
  • - やらい - overnight/since last night
  • - みらいしこう - future oriented
  • がねぎをってる | をしょってる | がねぎをってくる | ってる - かもがねぎをしょってくる - along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money (lit: a duck comes carrying an onion)
  • - らいかん - coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
  • - ゆらいしょ - history/memoirs
  • - ゆらい - origin/source/history/derivation/reason/destiny
  • - だいにちにょらい - Mahavairocana
  • - くるひ - the coming days
  • - らいいん - visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.
  • - らいがっき - next semester
  • - らいかんしゃ - visitor (to an exhibit)
  • - らいきゃくほうめいろく - guest book
  • - らいこう - invasion
  • - らいはん - coming to Osaka
  • - らいしゅう - next week
  • - らいしん - letter received
  • - らいせん - coming to Korea
  • - らいちょう - arriving in Japan/visiting Japan
  • - らいでん - incoming telegram
  • - らいねん - next year
  • - らいふく - return/coming back
  • - らいゆう - visit
  • - らいれき - history/career
  • も - くるひもくるひも - every day
  • - らいえん - assistance/support
  • かかる | かる - きかかる - to happen to come
  • - らいき - next semester/next session/next season/next year
  • - らいげつ - next month
  • - らいこう - arrival of ships/arrival by ship
  • - らいしゃ - visit to a company
  • - らいしょ - letter received
  • - らいしん - doctor's visit
  • - らいたく - coming of a visitor to one's home
  • - らいちょう - attendance
  • い - きにくい - difficult to come
  • - らいひん - guest/visitor/visitor's arrival
  • - きかた - your coming
  • - らいゆうしゃ - visitor/tourist
  • - らいこう - invasion/raid
  • る - くる - to come (spatially or temporally)/to approach/to arrive | to come back/to do ... and come back | to come to be/to become/to get/to grow/to continue | to come from/to be caused by/to derive from | to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
  • - らいい - purpose of a visit
  • - らいかいしゃ - attendance/those present
  • - らいかん - inspection visit
  • めにう | めにあう - らいきゃくぜめにあう - to be besieged with visitors
  • かう - きむかう - to come facing (us)
  • わせる - きあわせる - to happen to come along
  • - らいしゅう - raid/attack/invasion
  • - らいじょう - letter received
  • - らいせいき - next century
  • - らいちゃく - arrival
  • - らいてん - coming to the store
  • - らいにん - arrival at one's post
  • ける - きつける - to call frequently
  • - らいほうしゃ - client/visitor/caller
  • - らいりん - attendance/presence/visit/coming/advent
  • - らい - next (year, etc.) | since (last month, etc.)
  • - くるとし - the coming year
  • - らいかい - attendance
  • けに | がけに - きがけに - on the way here
  • - らいきゃくすじ - customers/clients
  • - らいこう - enter
  • - らいこう - coming to pay tribute
  • - らいしゃ - your coming/your visiting me
  • - らいじょうしゃ - those attending
  • - らいせ | らいせい - the next world/the future/posterity
  • - らいだん - interview
  • - らいてい - visiting someone's residence
  • - らいにち - arrival in Japan/coming to Japan/visit to Japan
  • - らいひんせき - visitor's seats
  • - らいほう - visit/call
  • て | たて - きたて - new arrival
  • ってる | ってくる - もどってくる - to come back
  • - できぶつ - able man/fine man
  • | | - いきき | ゆきき - coming and going/keeping in touch/visiting each other | street traffic/highway
  • - とうらい - afterlife
  • - らいしゅん | らいはる - next spring
  • - らいなつ - next summer
  • - できもの | でけもの - tumour/tumor/growth/boil/ulcer/abscess/rash/pimple
  • - せんかくばんらい | せんきゃくばんらい - flood of customers/(doing) a roaring business
  • - らいきゃく | らいかく - visitor/caller
  • - らいしゅうのきょう - this day next week/today week/a week from today
  • - らいじょう | らいば - attendance
  • る | たる - きたる - to come/to arrive/to be due to | next (e.g. "next April")/forthcoming/coming
  • - きしかた | こしかた - the past
  • たす | す - きたす - to cause/to induce/to bring about a result or state/to produce
  • | - こじらいれき - origin and history/particulars
  • り | り | たり - しきたり - custom/conventional practice/conventional practise/mores/ordinance
  • かす | す | す | かす - しでかす - to perpetrate/to do/to finish up/to be guilty of
  • | - らいらいしゅう - week after next
  • | - らいが - your coming/coming with happy news/your presence
  • れてくる | れてる - つれてくる - to bring someone along
  • - じんばおうらい - the passage of people and horses/coming and going of people and horses
  • っこない - できっこない - can never be able to
  • - しょうらい - invitation/bringing about/giving rise to/causing
  • いてくる | いてる - ついてくる - to follow/to come along with one/to accompany
  • - なんばんとらい - (articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
  • - ちゅうごくでんらい - imported (transmitted) from China
  • - ふうらいぼう - wanderer/vagabond/capricious person/hobo
  • - じせつとうらい - The time has come (for, to, when...)/The time being ripe (for)
  • す | かす - でかす - to do/to commit/to accomplish/to achieve
  • たら - ときたら - when it comes to .../concerning/where ... are concerned
  • - らいせしんこう - belief in the next world/belief in the hereafter
  • - ふそでんらい - hereditary/patrimonial/handed down from generation to generation
  • | | けん - けんどじゅうらい | けんどちょうらい - recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on)/making another attempt with redoubled efforts
  • - じんみらいさい | じんみらいざい - to the end of time/to the crack of doom/for ever and ever
  • - じこくとうらい - The time has come (for, to, when...)/Now is the time
  • - しょうばいおうらい - business handbook (with glossary) of Edo period
  • - せいらい | しょうらい - naturally/by nature (birth)/congenitally
  • - かいびゃくいらい - since the creation (of the world)/since the dawn of history
  • - さくねんらい - since last year
  • - じきとうらい - a good chance coming along/the time has come (for, to, when...)/opportunity knocking
  • - じょうこいらい - from (since) ancient times/from time immemorial
  • えにる - むかえにくる - to call for somebody/to come for someone/to pick someone up
  • - こうきとうらい - advent of a golden opportunity
  • - じんむいらい | じんむこのかた - since the era of the Emperor Jinmu/(first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history/unprecedented
  • - きらい - returning
  • - いちべついらい - since our last meeting/since we parted
  • - ちょうらい - ever since morning
  • - そせんでんらい - hereditary
  • - みらいそうとうごく - future equivalent
  • - たけやらい - bamboo enclosure
  • める | はじめる - きはじめる - to come for the first time/to become for the first time
  • | - ごらいこう - the rising sun
  • - らいねんど - next year/next fiscal year
  • いってます | ってます | ってきます - いってきます - I'm off/see you later
  • ついて - ものごころついていらい - for as long as one can remember
  • ってくる | ってる - とってくる - to fetch/to go and get
  • - じんみらい - eternally/forever
  • - みらいけい - future tense
  • - しんらい - newcomer
  • - みらいえいごう - eternity
  • | - いちようらいふく - return of spring/long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable)
  • - ざいらいせん - an older railroad line
  • - しゃかにょらい - Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)
  • - ざいらいしゅ - native species
  • にジーンとる - むねにジーンとくる - to have one's heart touched (by something very moving)
  • - とうらいもの - present/gift
  • ジーンとる - ジーンとくる - to be moved to the point of tears/to be touched
  • - ゆうしいらい - since the dawn of history
  • - かはんらい - for some time
  • - やらい - rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds
  • あれ - あれいらい - since then
  • - しんらいしゃ - newcomer
  • ない | い - できそこない - failure/dead loss/washout/badly done/good-for-nothing
  • ってこい | ってい - もってこい - just right/ideal/perfectly suitable | fetch!/bring me ...
  • - できふでき - uneven results
  • - おおでき - well-made/well-done/great success
  • - やくしにょらい - Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
  • - がいらいしゃ - stranger/person from abroad
  • | - はげいとう | がんらいこう - tampala/Joseph's coat/Amaranthus tricolor
  • - みらいがく - futurology
  • - とらいじん - people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese
  • - らいき - next term
  • - らいえん - come to perform
  • - らいごう - the coming of Amida Buddha to welcome the spirits of the dead
  • ぎる - できすぎる - to be too much/to be too good to be true
  • - ろうらい - since growing old
  • ってくる | ってる - かえってくる - to return/to come back
  • える - くにのしょうらいをうれえる - to be anxious about the future of one's country
  • ねる - ゆらいをたずねる - to inquire into the origin
  • しい | しい - かなしいできごと - sad event
  • る - くにのしょうらいをはかる - to plan (provide) for the future of the country
  • - らいゆ - origin/cause
  • - こうらい - your visit (presence)
  • - しせいのできごと - events on the street
  • こうからる - むこうからくる - to come from the opposite direction
  • す - はたんをきたす - to be ruined/to fail/to go bankrupt
  • - むねがいたむようなできごと - painful incident
  • って - つのってくるしょくよく - rising appetite
  • かってる | がかかってくる | かってくる - でんわがかかってくる - to get a phone call