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Japanese

以来いらい

Kana いらい Romaji irai

JLPT N3 Common word

Definitions

01noun, used as a suffix

02noun · adverb

Examples

1988年以来トムに会っていません。

I haven't seen Tom since 1988.

Tatoeba #235889

以来ずっと友人です。

We've been friends ever since.

Tatoeba #191155

あれ以来彼から便りがない。

I have heard nothing from him since then.

Tatoeba #229629

Other forms

已来 (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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