来らい者しゃ

noun

visitor; person who comes

Literary or formal term for a visitor or someone who arrives. Not used in casual conversation; 訪問者 or 来客 are more common.

• 来らい者しゃを拒こばまず。

  We do not turn away visitors.

noun

one's junior; person born later

Rare, classical usage referring to someone younger or born after oneself. Modern Japanese uses 後輩 or 年下.

• 古こ典てんでは「来らい者しゃ」を年とし下したの者ものという意い味みで使つかうことがある。

  In classical texts, 来者 is sometimes used to mean a younger person.

noun

future

Extremely rare, found only in classical or philosophical contexts, often paired with 往者 (past). Not used in modern Japanese; 未来 is standard.

See also: 往者

• 「往おう者しゃ」と「来らい者しゃ」はそれぞれ過か去こと未み来らいを表あらわす古ふるい対たい義ぎ語ごである。

  往者 and 来者 are old antonyms meaning past and future, respectively.