- 来る【くる】 - to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...") 
- 未来【みらい】 - (distant) future, future existence, world beyond the grave, the world to come, future (tense) 
- 将来【しょうらい】 - future, (future) prospects, bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.), bringing about, giving rise to, causing, incurring 
- 以来【いらい】 - since, henceforth 
- 来る【きたる】 - next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to 
- 出来る【できる】 - to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task, to be ready, to be completed, to be made, to be built, to be good at, to be permitted (to do), to become intimate, to take up (with someone), to grow, to be raised, to become pregnant 
- 来週【らいしゅう】 - next week 
- 出来事【できごと】 - incident, affair, happening, event 
- 本来【ほんらい】 - originally, primarily, essentially, intrinsically, naturally, by nature, in (and of) itself, proper, rightful, legal, normal 
- 来年【らいねん】 - next year 
- やって来る【やってくる】 - to come along, to come around, to turn up, to arrive at the present, to get where one is, to have been doing something (for a period of time) 
- 出来【でき】 - workmanship, craftsmanship, execution, finish, grades, results, score, record, quality (e.g. of a crop), dealings, transactions 
- 出来【しゅったい】 - occurrence, happening, taking place, completion 
- 上出来【じょうでき】 - good performance, good work, great success 
- 来月【らいげつ】 - next month 
- 由来【ゆらい】 - origin, source, history, derivation, originally, from the start, by nature 
- それ以来【それいらい】 - since then, from that time, ever since 
- 行き来【ゆきき】 - coming and going, keeping in touch, visiting each other, street traffic, highway 
- 従来【じゅうらい】 - up to now, so far, traditional, conventional, usual, existing 
- 来日【らいにち】 - arrival in Japan, coming to Japan, visit to Japan