来らい意い

noun

purpose of a visit

Formal noun used when stating or asking why someone has come. Often appears in set phrases like 来意を告げる or 来意を尋ねる.

• 受うけ付つけで来らい意いを告つげてください。

  Please state the purpose of your visit at the reception desk.

• 突とつ然ぜんの訪ほう問もんだったので、まず来らい意いを尋たずねられた。

  Since it was an unexpected visit, I was first asked why I had come.