らい

来
since (last month)
for (10 days)
next (year)
儡
defeat

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―らい【―来】

¶ → 10年来の厳しい冬

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I

らい【雷】

thunder. [＝かみなり]

II

らい【癩】

【医】 ＝ハンセンびょう.

III

らい-【来-】

next; coming.

●来年[春] ⇒らいねん, らいはる.

IV

-らい【-来】

〔…以来〕 since…; 〔…の間〕 for….

●昨年来 since last year

・30 年来の友人 a friend of thirty years' standing.

●20 年来の大雪だ. This is the heaviest snowfall (we have had) in [for] twenty years.

・今年の夏は 60 年来の暑さだ. This summer has been the hottest for sixty years.

・数年来ひどい腰痛に悩まされている. I've been suffering from a bad backache for the past several years.

・先日来病気で寝込んでいる. I've been ill in bed for the past couple of days.