(らい) (n) (1) next (year, etc.); (2) since (last month, etc.); (P) [EDICT]
(lái, ㄌㄞˊ) to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next [CE-DICT]
是
(これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT]