来らい
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Meanings
Prefix
1. next (year, spring, etc.); coming
Suffix
2. since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
らい
Used in vocabulary
昨さく年ねん来らい
since last year
Noun
来らい学がっ期き
next semester
Noun
数すう年ねん来らい
several years standing; over several years
Expression
先さきほど来らい
since a little while ago
Adverb
Examples3
How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?
She was sad for the first time in months.
Come along.