来る

Meanings

1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
2. to come back; to do ... and come back
3. to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
4. to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
5. to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

Part of speech: kuru verb, intransitive, auxiliary verb

Kanji

• 来

  Meanings

  come, due, next, cause

  On reading

  ライ、タイ

  Kun reading

  く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• １０時までに来ます。

  I'll come by 10.

  Tatoeba #236043 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 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.

  Tatoeba #162829 · CC BY 2.0 FR