- らい
- 来
since (last month)
for (10 days)
next (year)
儡
defeat* * *―らい【―来】¶ → 10年来の厳しい冬* * *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.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.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.