来る
くる
hepburn kuru
to come
Part of speech · kuru-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 友達が日本に来ます。My friend is coming to Japan.
- 電車がもうすぐ来ます。The train is coming soon.
Collocations
~に来る (come to)もうすぐ来る来てください来た (past)帰ってくる (return)
Mnemonic
来る kuru — one of the two truly irregular Japanese verbs (with する). The kanji 来 takes THREE different readings depending on conjugation: 来ます kimasu, 来ない konai, 来た kita, 来て kite, 来られる korareru. Memorize the whole table — pattern matching won't help.
Quick check
What is the polite "did not come"?