Meaning of くる in Japanese

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Definition of くる

  1. (v5r, vt) to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)

    それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
    I counted the days to see when it had happened.

  2. to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
  3. to count (e.g. the days)
  4. to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
  1. (vk, vi, aux-v) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive

    10時までに来ます。
    I'll come by 10.

  2. to come back; to do ... and come back →Related words: 行って来る

    私の父は私に、ぜひそこを見てくるようにといった。
    My father insisted that I should go to see the place.

  3. to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
  4. (vk, vi) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
  5. to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...") →Related words: と来たら
  1. (n) rickets →Related words: 佝僂病
  2. someone suffering from rickets
  1. (v5r, vt) to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
  2. to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain
  3. to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
くるる(kururu) · くろろ(kuroro) · くる(kuru) · くるり(kururi)

枢 Kanji Details

  1. (n) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
  2. sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) →Related words:

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