到来|とうらいtourai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbarrival; coming; advent
    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.
Conjugation
Dictionary form到来する(とうらいする)
Polite (masu)到来します(とうらいします)
Negative (nai)到来しない(とうらいしない)
polite (masen)到来しません(とうらいしません)
classical zu / nu到来せず・到来せぬ(とうらいせず・とうらいせぬ)
Past (ta)到来した(とうらいした)
polite (mashita)到来しました(とうらいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)到来しなかった(とうらいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)到来しませんでした(とうらいしませんでした)
Te form到来して(とうらいして)
Potential到来できる(とうらいできる)
Passive到来される(とうらいされる)
Causative到来させる(とうらいさせる)
Causative passive到来させられる(とうらいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)到来すれば(とうらいすれば)
tara到来したら(とうらいしたら)
Volitional到来しよう(とうらいしよう)
polite (mashou)到来しましょう(とうらいしましょう)
Imperative到来しろ(とうらいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym到着とうちゃくNeutralFor people or things reaching a destination; 「到来」 is for the arrival of a time, season or era.
  • SynonymやってくるCasualColloquial: to come along or turn up. 「到来」 is more written in tone.
  • Related到達とうたつWrittenWritten: attaining a goal or level, or reaching a destination. 「到来」 is mainly about a time, season or era coming.
  • Related訪れるおとずれるWrittenWritten: to visit, or for a season to come, as in 「春が訪れる」; unlike the noun 「到来」, it is a verb.
  • Related達するたっするWrittenWritten: to reach or attain something. 「到来」 refers to the coming of a time, not reaching a goal.
  • Relatedたどり着くたどりつくNeutralTo finally arrive somewhere after hardship. 「到来」 is the coming of a time or season.
  • Related着くつくNeutralThe most common word for arriving somewhere. 「到来」 leans toward times and seasons.
  • Related至るいたるWrittenWritten: to reach a stage or point, as in 「現在に至る」. 「到来」 is the coming of a time.
  • Related行き着くいきつくNeutralTo reach a destination or end up at a final state. 「到来」 means a time or season coming.
  • Antonym出発しゅっぱつNeutralDeparture of people; the opposite of 「到来」 only in the sense of arriving vs. leaving — the coming of seasons has no such antonym.

Use 「到来」 for the coming of times, seasons or eras, as in 「チャンス到来」 and 「冬の到来」. For people or things reaching a place, say 「到着」 or 「着く」; a season's arrival can also be 「訪れる」. 「到達」「達する」「至る」 are written words for reaching goals or stages, 「たどり着く」 implies struggle, and 「出発」 is the opposite only for physical departures.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 機会きかいや時期じきが訪おとずれること。何なんかの時期じきが始はじまること。
  2. 他者たしゃから物ものが送り届おくりとどけられること。
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