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くる

来る

N5

come

kuru

Quiz
JLPT
N5
Frequency
#252

Meanings

  1. 1
    to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arriveirregular (来る)intransitive
  2. 2
    to come back; to do ... and come backirregular (来る)intransitive
  3. 3
    to come to be; to become; to getirregular (来る)intransitive

JMdict 1547720

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
来ますきます
きます
Polite Past (~mashita)
来ましたきました
きました
Polite Negative (~masen)
来ませんきません
きません
Plain Negative (~nai)
来ないこない
こない
Te-form (Connecting)
来てきて
きて
Plain Past (~ta)
来たきた
きた
Potential (Can do)
来られるこられる
こられる

In a sentence

友達(ともだち)friendが来(く)るcomeよ

A friend is coming!

How it works

が (subject) points out who is doing the action — here 友達(ともだち) (friend) — and 来る(くる) (come) stays in its plain dictionary form, so the tone is casual. The final よ (emphasis) adds a “just so you know” nudge, telling the listener something they may not have realized yet.

Written with

  • 来come7 strokes

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