由来

See also: 由來

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 由来 – see 由來 (“origin; source; time since the beginning of the something”). (This term is the simplified form of 由來).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
由	来
ゆ Grade: 3	らい Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
由來 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation 1

(Tokyo) ゆらい [yúꜜràì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ɾa̠i]

Adverb

由(ゆ)来(らい) • (yurai)

originally

Pronunciation 2

(Tokyo) ゆらい [yùráí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ɾa̠i]

Noun

由(ゆ)来(らい) • (yurai)

origin
source
- 2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)十(じゅう)三(さん)幕(まく)　「志(し)士(し)名(な)の由(ゆ)来(らい)」 [Act 13: “The Origin of a Shishi’s Name”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin: Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer], kanzenban edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 36:
  
  来(こ)い　〝抜(ばっ)刀(とう)斎(さい)〟の志(し)士(し)名(な)の由(ゆ)来(らい)篤(とく)と味(あじ)わわせてやる
  Koi 〝Battōsai〟no Shishina no yurai toku to ajiwawasete yaru
  Go ahead. I will thoroughly show you why they called me "Battōsai" when I was a Shishi.

Verb

由(ゆ)来(らい)する • (yurai suru) intransitive suru (stem 由(ゆ)来(らい)し (yurai shi), past 由(ゆ)来(らい)した (yurai shita))

to derive, to proceed from, to originate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "由来する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	由来し	ゆらいし	yurai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	由来し	ゆらいし	yurai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	由来する	ゆらいする	yurai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	由来する	ゆらいする	yurai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	由来すれ	ゆらいすれ	yurai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	由来せよ¹ 由来しろ²	ゆらいせよ¹ ゆらいしろ²	yurai seyo¹ yurai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	由来される	ゆらいされる	yurai sareru
Causative	由来させる由来さす	ゆらいさせるゆらいさす	yurai saseru yurai sasu
Potential	由来できる	ゆらいできる	yurai dekiru
Volitional	由来しよう	ゆらいしよう	yurai shiyō
Negative	由来しない	ゆらいしない	yurai shinai
Negative continuative	由来せず	ゆらいせず	yurai sezu
Formal	由来します	ゆらいします	yurai shimasu
Perfective	由来した	ゆらいした	yurai shita
Conjunctive	由来して	ゆらいして	yurai shite
Hypothetical conditional	由来すれば	ゆらいすれば	yurai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“由来”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026