come/future

(rice / America) + (one/line radical)
★★★★★
7 strokes
JERKPN
This is used as a PREFIX, meaning next : (next year, month, week).

HOWEVER, BOOBOO!!! It's NEVER used with tomorrow, or next hour, or next minute. Nonono. Sorry.

Onyomi

RAI

Mnemonic

rice 〔米) plus a line, which we'll call a horizontal bolt of RAIghtning. So you can say . . .
In the future, we'll use RAIghtning to cook our rice! ZAP!!!!

Kunyomi

( ) く*る come
★★★★★

Jukugo

来年(らいねん)

next year ★★★★★
(come/future) + (year) = 来年 (next year)

来月(らいげつ)

next month ★★★★★
(come/future) + (moon) = 来月 (next month)

は or が 出来る(できる)

possible ★★★★★ 1/2 KANA
(pull out / hand over) + (come/future) = 出来る (possible)

it's possible to do.(I can run, I can shit, but I can't run and shit at the same time.)

以来(いらい)

since then ★★★☆☆ NP
(compared to) + (come/future) = 以来 (since then)

将来(しょうらい)

one's future ★★★☆☆

a specific person's future (i.e. the dumb interview question, "What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?") Also sometimes used with Japan's future.

Used In

Synonyms

former
元    旧    従来の    基   
from now on, since then
以前    以来    以後    以降    きり それから 今後   
fundamentals
根本的    本来    基本的    基盤    基礎   
future
未来    将来   
rebirth
復活    再生    再来    新生    生かす    返り咲く   
roots
語源    由来