Kanji 爾 you, thou, second person Related words 以い 来らい 以来 is the standard word for 'since' and is used in both spoken and written Japanese. 爾来 is a literary synonym, rarely used in conversation.
その 後ご その後 is a common, neutral way to say 'after that' in modern Japanese. 爾来 carries a more formal, written nuance.
Written forms 爾じ 来らい Usage 98%
Literary kanji form; rarely used in modern writing.
じらい Usage 2%
Kana spelling is practical for modern use, as the kanji forms are literary and rare.
而じ 来らい
Variant kanji form; even less common than 爾来 .
Etymology A Sino-Japanese reading of Classical Chinese 爾来 , literally “from that time onward” and hence “since then.”
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