くる
Meanings
Kuru verb
Intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
Kuru verb
Intransitive verb
Auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back (Usually kana, after the -te form of a verb)
3. to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue (Usually kana, after the -te form of a verb)
Kuru verb
Intransitive verb
4. to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
5. to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
Other spellings
来る
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
くる
Used in vocabulary
Examples3504
10 時 まで に 来ます。
I'll come by 10.
私の 父 は 私 に、 ぜひ そこ を 見て くる ように と いった。
My father insisted that I should go to see the place.
スミス さん が 来ました。
A Mr Smith came to see you.
私 は2 年 前 に 日本 に 来ました。
I came to Japan two years ago.
来ない か と 思った よ。
I thought you wouldn't come.
私の 家 に 来て 下さい。
Please come to my house.