# 来 come/future

米 (rice / America) + 一 (one/line radical)
★★★★★
7 strokes
JERK PN
This is used as a PREFIX, meaning next : (next year, month, week).

HOWEVER, BOOBOO!!! It's NEVER used with tomorrow, or next hour, or next minute. Nonono. Sorry.

## Onyomi

RAI |

## Mnemonic

| rice 〔米) plus a line, which we'll call a horizontal bolt of RAIghtning. So you can say . . . In the future, we'll use RAIghtning to cook our rice! ZAP!!!!

## Kunyomi

( が ) く＊る | come ★★★★★

## Jukugo

来年(らいねん) | next year ★★★★★ 来 (come/future) + 年 (year) = 来年 (next year)
来月(らいげつ) | next month ★★★★★ 来 (come/future) + 月 (moon) = 来月 (next month)
は or が 出来る(できる) | possible ★★★★★ 1/2 KANA 出 (pull out / hand over) + 来 (come/future) = 出来る (possible) it's possible to do.(I can run, I can shit, but I can't run and shit at the same time.)
以来(いらい) | since then ★★★☆☆ NP 以 (compared to) + 来 (come/future) = 以来 (since then)
将来(しょうらい) | one's future ★★★☆☆ a specific person's future (i.e. the dumb interview question, "What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?") Also sometimes used with Japan's future.

## Used In

- 番

## Synonyms

former 元 旧 従来の 基
from now on, since then 以前 以来 以後 以降 きり それから 今後
fundamentals 根本的 本来 基本的 基盤 基礎
future 未来 将来
rebirth 復活 再生 再来 新生 生かす 返り咲く
roots 語源 由来