来

Come

Meaning: Come

There’s rice spread out all over the floor. This will cause the Predator to come because he loves kome (rice).

Also imagine everyone else coming to the rice. When rice spills, people come from all around to try and grab a handful of it to take home.

Reading: らい

When they come, though, everyone is disappointed. It turns out it’s rye (らい) grains, and rye grains taste terrible. Yuck.

If you love rye grains, on the other hand, imagine everyone being really happy that they came to get the rice. They’re so lucky it’s rye!

Vocabulary

A very common word, and in a lot of words. This kanji can also be a prefix on certain words (like “next year”) to mean “next.” It’s only used on the big things, though, like year, week, and month. It’s not used on the smaller stuff, like day, minute, etc.

来る（くる）＝　To Come

来月（らいげつ）＝　Next Month

• 来 (come) + 月 (month)

来年（らいねん）＝　Next Year

• 来 (come) + 年 (year)

以来（いらい）＝　Since

• 以 (By Means Of) + 来 (come)

出来る（できる）＝　Can

• 出 (exit) + 来 (come)

出来上がる（できあがる）＝　Be Finished

• 出来 (can) + 上がる (raise)

未来（みらい）＝　Future

• 未 (not yet) + 来 (come)

由来（ゆらい）＝　Origin

• 由 (reason) + 来 (come)

古来（こらい）＝　From Ancient Times

• 古 (old) + 来 (come)

外来（がいらい）＝　Foreign

• 外 (outside) + 来 (come)

年来（ねんらい）＝　For Some Years

• 年 (year) + 来 (come)

When you’re all done with the meaning, on’yomi, and the meanings of the vocab (there’s a lot, take your time!) move on to the next kanji.

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