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To Come / To Arrive

 lái
 rai / takagi / kuru
 
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來 means to come or to arrive.

In Japanese, this can be the female given name Rai or the surnames Takagi or Kuru (and a few other rare names). Often written 来 instead of the original 來 in modern Japanese.

In the Buddhist context, this can mean the coming or refer to the future.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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lái
    lai2
lai
 rai
    らい

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To Come / To Arrive
to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
(female given name) Rai
āgama; āgam-; āgata. Come, the coming, future.


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lài
    lai4
lai
 rai

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Lai
to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on
To rely upon, depend on; throw the burden on, repudiate.

來世


来世

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lái shì
    lai2 shi4
lai shih
 raise

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Eternal Life / Future Life
afterlife; next life
Future world, or rebirth.

信賴


信赖

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xìn lài
    xin4 lai4
hsin lai

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Trust / To Have Faith
to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on

如來


如来

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lái
    ru2 lai2
ju lai
 nyorai
    にょらい

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Tathagata
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
(out-dated kanji) Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
tathāgata, 多陀阿伽陀 q. v.; 怛他揭多 defined as he who comes as do all other Buddhas; or as he who took the 眞如 zhenru or absolute way of cause and effect, and attained to perfect wisdom; or as the absolute come; one of the highest titles of a Buddha. It is the Buddha in his nirmāṇakāya, i. e. his 'transformation' or corporeal manifestation descended on earth. The two kinds of Tathāgata are (1) 在纏 the Tathāgata in bonds, i. e. limited and subject to the delusions and sufferings of life, and (2) 出纏 unlimited and free from them. There are numerous sutras and śāstras bearing this title of 如來 rulai.

汶萊


汶莱

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wèn lái
    wen4 lai2
wen lai

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Brunei
Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo; also written 文萊|文莱

萊卡


莱卡

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lái
    lai2 ka3
lai k`a
    lai ka

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Lyka
Leica camera; Lycra (fiber or fabric)

萊特


莱特

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lái
    lai2 te4
lai t`e
    lai te

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Lette
Wright (surname)

賴特


赖特

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lài
    lai4 te4
lai t`e
    lai te

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Wright
Wright (name)

雪萊


雪莱

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xuě lái
    xue3 lai2
hsüeh lai

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Shelly
Shelley; abbr. for 珀西·比希·雪萊|珀西·比希·雪莱[Po4 xi1 · Bi3 xi1 · Xue3 lai2]

克萊爾


克莱尔

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lái ěr
    ke4 lai2 er3
k`o lai erh
    ko lai erh

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Klaire
Claire (name)

哈萊姆


哈莱姆

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lái
    ha1 lai2 mu3
ha lai mu

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Harlem
Harlem district of Manhattan

巴克萊


巴克莱

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bā kè lái
    ba1 ke4 lai2
pa k`o lai
    pa ko lai

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Barclay
Barclay or Berkeley (name)

布萊恩


布莱恩

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lái ēn
    bu4 lai2 en1
pu lai en

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Blaine
Brian (name)

布萊爾


布莱尔

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lái ěr
    bu4 lai2 er3
pu lai erh

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Blaire
Blair (name)

萊斯特


莱斯特

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lái sī tè
    lai2 si1 te4
lai ssu t`e
    lai ssu te

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Lester
Lester or Leicester (name); Leicester, English city in East Midlands

萊索托


莱索托

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lái suǒ tuō
    lai2 suo3 tuo1
lai so t`o
    lai so to

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Lesotho
Lesotho

蘇萊曼


苏莱曼

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lái màn
    su1 lai2 man4
su lai man

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Sulaiman
Suleiman (name); General Michel Suleiman (1948-), Lebanese military man and politician, president of Lebanon 2008-2014

阿賴耶


阿赖耶

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ā lài
    a1 lai4 ye2
a lai yeh
 araya

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Alaya
ālaya, an abode, resting-place (hence Himālaya, the storehouse of snow), intp. as 無沒 non-disappearing, perhaps non-melting, also as 藏 store. Other forms are 阿利耶 (or 阿梨耶, 阿黎耶, or 阿羅耶); also 賴 or 梨耶. Any of these terms is used in abbreviation for Ālaya-vijñāna.

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lài
    lai4
lai
(modal particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la1])


𡥧

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lái
    lai2
lai
last


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lái
    lai2
lai
name of a mountain in Sichuan


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lái
    lai2
lai
 rai
    らい
used in 招徠|招徕[zhao1 lai2]
(given name) Rai


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lái
    lai2
lai
used in 棶木|梾木[lai2 mu4]


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lái
    lai2
lai
brook; ripple


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lài
    lai4
lai
name of a river; rushing of water

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lài
    lai4
lai
 yanagise
    やなぎせ
Japanese variant of 瀨|濑
(1) shallows; shoal; (2) rapids; current; torrent; (3) position; place; (4) chance; opportunity; (surname) Yanagise


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lài
    lai4
lai
 rai; kattai; katai
    らい; かったい; かたい
scabies; skin disease
(kana only) (sensitive word) Hansen's disease; leprosy; leper
leprosy


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lài
    lai4
lai
to glance; to look askance at

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lái
    lai2
lai
(bamboo)

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
To Come
To Arrive

rai / takagi / kurulái / lai2 / lai
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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