到来

See also: 到來

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
らい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

到来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 到來, hiragana とうらい, rōmaji tōrai, historical hiragana たうらい)

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

Antonyms

Verb

到来する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 到來する, hiragana とうらいする, rōmaji tōrai suru, historical hiragana たうらいする)

  1. to arrive
  2. to begin, to start
     () (ざん) () ()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. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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