未来

みらい
JLPT:N3
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1

The time to come; the (often distant) future—what will happen later or in times ahead.

Noun

Examples

未来の技術はますます進歩するだろう。

Future technology will likely advance even more.

子どもたちの未来を考えて行動する。

Act while thinking about the children's future.

未来のことは誰にも正確には予測できない。

No one can predict the future exactly.

2

In Buddhism, the world to come or the future existence after death (the next life); a religious/philosophical concept of what follows this life.

NounBuddhism

Examples

仏教の経典には未来(来世)についての記述がある。

Buddhist scriptures contain descriptions of the world to come (the next life).

一部の教えでは、良い行いが未来でのよい生をもたらすと説かれる。

Some teachings say that good deeds will result in a favorable existence in the future (next life).

3

The grammatical notion of the future: tense or expressions that refer to events that will happen later (future tense/forms).

NounGrammar

Examples

英語の未来形は will を使って表すことが多い。

The English future tense is often expressed with 'will'.

日本語には明確な未来時制がないと言われることがある。

It is sometimes said that Japanese does not have a distinct future tense.

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