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渡来する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

visit from abroad; arrival from overseas

Refers to people, envoys, or ships coming to Japan from another country. Often used in historical or formal contexts.

introduction from abroad; importation

Used for things, culture, technology, or ideas brought into Japan from overseas. Common in historical and academic writing.

〈場ば所しょ〉から〈物もの〉が渡と来らいするfor something to be introduced from a place overseas
仏ぶっ教きょうは中ちゅう国ごくから渡と来らいしたと言いわれている。
It is said that Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China.
〈時とき〉に〈物もの〉が渡と来らいするfor something to arrive from abroad at a certain time
漢かん字じは五ご世せい紀きごろに渡と来らいしたとされる。
Chinese characters are believed to have arrived in Japan around the fifth century.
〈人ひと〉が渡と来らいするfor people (envoys, settlers, etc.) to arrive from overseas
多おおくの技ぎ術じゅつ者しゃが大たい陸りくから渡と来らいした。
Many engineers came over from the continent.

来らい日にちN3sense 1
来日 is the everyday word for a foreigner visiting or arriving in Japan, while 渡来 is a more formal, often historical term emphasizing crossing the sea from abroad.
伝でん来らいN1sense 2
伝来 stresses the transmission or handing-down of culture, technology, or traditions once they arrive, whereas 渡来 emphasizes the physical act of arriving from overseas.
舶はく来らい sense 2
舶来 refers specifically to goods imported by ship and is often used to describe products (舶来品), while 渡来 is a broader term covering people, culture, or things arriving from abroad.

到とう来らいN1
到来 means the arrival of a season, opportunity, or moment (e.g. 好機の到来), while 渡来 specifically means arrival from overseas across the sea.

Compound of 渡 (cross over, especially water) and 来 (come). The reading とらい is the on'yomi of both characters.