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来春 (らいしゅん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

来らい春しゅん

also: らいはる

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Refers to the spring of the coming year. Used both as a noun and adverbially.

来らい春しゅん、大だい学がくを卒そつ業ぎょうする予よ定ていです。

I plan to graduate from university next spring.

来らい春しゅんには新あたらしいプロジェクトが始はじまる。

A new project will start next spring.

Usage patterns

来らい春しゅんから〈事こと〉が始はじまるfor something to start next spring
来らい春しゅんから新あたらしい制せい度どが始はじまる。
A new system will start next spring.
来らい春しゅん〈動どう詞し〉予よ定ていだto be planned to happen next spring
息子むすこは来らい春しゅん大だい学がくを卒そつ業ぎょうする予よ定ていだ。
My son is scheduled to graduate from university next spring.
来らい春しゅん発はつ売ばいの〈物もの〉a product due for release next spring
これは来らい春しゅん発はつ売ばいの新しん製せい品ひんです。
This is a new product coming out next spring.

Kanji

来come, due, next
春springtime, spring (season)

Related words

来らい年ねんN5
来年 means 'next year' in general, while 来春 narrows the reference to the spring season of that year.

Opposites

今こん春しゅん
今春 refers to the spring of this year, directly contrasting with 来春, the spring of next year.
昨さく春しゅん
昨春 refers to the spring of the previous year, while 来春 refers to the spring of the coming year.

Don't confuse with

新しん春しゅん
新春 is a formal term for the New Year period, not the spring season meant by 来春, despite the shared 春 character and similar sound.

Written forms

来春Usage100%
- らいしゅん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading らいしゅん is the most common.
- らいはる
  Rare reading; らいしゅん is overwhelmingly preferred in modern Japanese.
らいはる

Etymology

Compound of 来 (rai, 'next, coming') and 春 (shun/haru, 'spring'). The reading らいしゅん is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi combination.