• 来週らいしゅう — next week
• 未来みらい — future
• 来日らいにち — coming to Japan
• 以来いらい — since; ever since
• 往来おうらい — traffic; coming and going

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The traditional form of this kanji (來) shows wheat growing upward. It was borrowed for its meaning "to come." The simplified version 来 is used in modern Japanese. It appears frequently in both time-related and motion-related words.

きのう、友達ともだちが来きました。
My friend came yesterday.

来週らいしゅう、テストがあります。
There is a test next week.