らい

らい

since (last month)
for (10 days)
next (year)

defeat
* * *
―らい【―来】
* * *
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.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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