popular obsolete kanji JLPT N5 kuru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- 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 ...")
popular usually written using kana alone expression kuru verb verb (generic)
- 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)
popular expression kuru verb verb (generic)
- to bring, to take (something) along, to fetch, to get
popular expression kuru verb verb (generic)
- to bring someone along
popular usually written using kana alone kuru verb verb (generic)
- to follow, to come along with one, to accompany
expression kuru verb verb (generic)
- to come into view
proverb expression kuru verb verb (generic)
- natural disasters happen when you've forgotten about the previous ones
expression kuru verb verb (generic)
- to come and stay, to drop in, to visit
kuru verb verb (generic)
- to come out, to appear, to turn up, to emerge
kuru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be imminent, to loom, to be approaching, to be impending