爾来

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爾 来
じ
Jinmeiyō 		らい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
爾來 (kyūjitai)
而来

Etymology

From 爾(じ) (ji, “that”) + 来(らい) (rai, “since, as of, from”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じらい [jíꜜràì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑiɾa̠i]

Adverb

爾(じ)来(らい) • (jirai) 

  1. from that time on, ever since, since then, after that

References

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