来る

• 読み: くる
• ローマ字: kuru
• 漢字の分解: 来 (rai/ku) — to come, to arrive
• 発音: /kɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To come; to arrive; to approach. Expresses movement towards the speaker.

A Group 3 (irregular) intransitive verb — one of only two irregular verbs in Japanese alongside する. Its conjugation is unique: 来ます (kimasu), 来た (kita), 来ない (konai), 来て (kite). The auxiliary form てくる expresses movement towards the speaker or a change that has been developing up to the present.

例文

1. 友達が家に来ます。
2. バスがもう来た。
3. 日本に来てから三年です。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, travel, invitations

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese ku. The kanji 来 originally depicted a wheat plant, later borrowed for its phonetic value to represent the concept of coming or arriving.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal