Word Meaning 爾来

じらい jirai

爾来 is read as じらい (jirai) and means since then.

Meaning

English

  1. since then
  2. after that

Reading

Kana

じらい

Romaji

jirai

Writing Variants

  • 而来 じらい jirai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 27193 Priority E

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

爾後

じご

thereafter

従来

じゅうらい

up to now

舶来

はくらい

imported

往来

おうらい

correspondence

襲来

しゅうらい

invasion

如来

にょらい

Tathagata

薬師如来

やくしにょらい

Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

意志未来

いしみらい

volitional future

古往今来

こおうこんらい

in all ages

大日如来

だいにちにょらい

Vairocana

商売往来

しょうばいおうらい

business handbook (with glossary) of the Edo period

人馬往来

じんばおうらい

the passage of people and horses

Example Sentences

2

じらい、かれとはあっていない。

I haven't met him since then.

じらい、じゅうねんがけいかした。

Ten years have passed since then.