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以来

いらい

since

Mnemonic

From that point and coming forward, the whole stretch of it. The same いらい as 依頼 and you cannot lean on this one: it only counts forward. Not once since then: いらい.

Worth knowing

Same reading as 依頼 いらい, a formal request. 以来 attaches to a time: それ以来, ever since.

Built from

by means of, from
A person with a mark set beside them, 'starting from here', used to fix a boundary.
come
Originally a wheat plant. The crop that comes to you at harvest.

Also read いらい

request, commission

Words sharing these kanji

... or more, beyond except for before, ago to come to be able to do, to be good at next year next month to come around, to come along future originally, essentially to bring over, to bring along occurrence, incident

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