来る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kuru (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?). Cognate with Kunigami 来ん (すん, sun), Miyako (きぃ, ksï), Okinawan 来ーん (ちゅーん, chuun), Yaeyama 来ん (きぃん, kïn), Yonaguni 来ん (くん, kun).

Pronunciation

Verb

来る (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來る, intransitive, irregular conjugation, hiragana くる, rōmaji kuru)

  1. To come (toward the speaker/writer).
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From  () (ki, continuative form of etymology 1) +  (いた) (itaru).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

来る (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana きたる, rōmaji kitaru)

  1. To come, to arrive.
    • 2011, NHK, 天皇誕生日 皇居で一般参賀:
       (きた) (とし) (みな)さん一人 (ひとり)びとりにとり、よい (とし)であるよう (いの)っています。
      Kitaru toshi ga mina-san hitoribitori ni tori, yoi toshi de aru yō inotte imasu.
      I pray that next year [the coming year] will be a good year for each of you.
Conjugation

See also

  •  (きた) (kitasu)

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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