到来

See also: 到來

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 到来 – see 到來 (“to arrive; arrival; advent”).
(This term is the simplified form of 到來).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
到 来
とう
Grade: S
らい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
到來 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 到來/到来 (tawH loj, literally “to arrive + to come”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dàolái, Cantonese dou3 lei4, Hakka to-lòi.

Pronunciation

Noun

到(とう)来(らい) • (tōrai) ←たうらい (taurai)?

  1. arrival
  2. beginning, start, advent
    混乱期(こんらんき)の到来(とうらい)
    konran-ki no tōrai
    the beginning of a chaotic period

Antonyms

Verb

到(とう)来(らい)する • (tōrai suru) ←たうらい (taurai)?suru (stem 到(とう)来(らい)し (tōrai shi), past 到(とう)来(らい)した (tōrai shita))

  1. to arrive
  2. to begin, to start
    登山(とざん)の時期(じき)が到来(とうらい)した。
    Tozan no jiki ga tōrai shita.
    The season of mountain climbing has begun.

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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