到来

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 到来 is read as とうらい and means the arrival or coming of a season, time, or moment.
• Basic usage: It can describe sensing the arrival of spring in a warm wind or the moment for a decision finally coming.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Sensing an arrival
  • 春の到来を感じる means sensing from the warm wind that spring has arrived. Example: 暖かな風に春の到来を感じました。
• A time arriving
  • 時が到来する means that the time for a particular action has finally come. Example: ついに決断の時が到来しました。