WORD DETAIL
去来
きょらい
Examples
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
去来is read asきょらいand is a noun andするverb for thoughts, feelings, or memories arising in succession or coming and going through the mind. - Basic usage: Recurring memories appear in
思い出が胸に去来する, while alternating feelings appear in期待と不安が胸中を去来する.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Physical and mental movement
- Although the characters suggest coming and going, the examples use the word figuratively for movement of memories or conflicting feelings within the mind.
- Difference from
思い出す思い出すmeans recalling a memory;去来するemphasizes thoughts or feelings repeatedly appearing and receding.

