How to say "coming" in Japanese

• 来らいJLPT N3approx.Common
  prefixThe 'coming' of 'the coming year' or 'the coming spring': used before a time word, it simply means next. It is not a word for anyone or anything actually coming or arriving.
  来年末らいねんまつまでで、ここで働はたらき始はじめてどれくらいの期間きかんになりますか。↗

  How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?
• 到来とうらいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA noun for the arrival or advent of something: it treats the coming as an event in its own right. Typical when saying that a new era or age has arrived.
  黒雲くろくもは雷雨らいうの到来とうらいを告つげていた。↗

  Black clouds announced the coming thunderstorm.
• いらしてCommon
  expressionHonorific language: use it to say respectfully that someone — a guest, a teacher — is coming; the same form also covers 'going' and 'being (somewhere)'. It is never a neutral word for coming.
• 訪れおとずれCommon
  nounCovers 'coming' as the arrival of something that makes its appearance, the coming of spring being the typical case. Think of seasons and the like arriving; it treats the coming as an appearance.
  今年ことしは春はるの訪おとずれが早はやかった。↗

  Spring has come early this year.

Pick by sense: 来 means the coming year or spring, 到来 is the advent of something as an event, 「訪れ」 the arrival of seasons and the like, and 「いらして」 is respectful language for someone's coming.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 来らいnext (year, spring, etc.)
• 到来とうらいarrival
• いらしてcoming
• 来るきたるnext (e.g. "next April")
• おいでcoming
• お越しおこしcoming
• お越しいただきおこしいただきcoming
• イキorgasm
• お見えおみえarrival
• 来臨らいりんattendance
• 訪れおとずれarrival (e.g. of spring)