以来 – vocab dash

以い来らい

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Meanings

Suffix

1. since; henceforth

Noun

Adverb

2. ever since

Kanji used

Pitch accent

いらい

Used in vocabulary

since the dawn of history

Noun

since our last meeting; since we parted

Noun

since the era of the Emperor Jimmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented

No-adjective

Examples66

１９８８年ねん以い来らいトムに会あっていません。

I haven't seen Tom since 1988.

以い来らいずっと友ゆう人じんです。

We've been friends ever since.

彼かの女じょは高こう校こう時とき以い来らいずっと変かわった。

She has changed a lot since high school.

私わたしは子こ供どものとき以い来らいずっと彼かれのことを知しっている。

I have known him ever since he was a child.

そのとき以い来らい彼かれと知しり合あいになった。

I've got acquainted with him since then.

ジョンは１９７６年ねん以い来らいの知しり合あいです。

I have known John since 1976.