フューチャー

フュ

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チャ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

future

A katakana noun for “future.” It is less general than 未来 or 将来 in ordinary conversation and often has a stylish, branding, pop-culture, or English-flavored feel.

今年ことしのイベントのテーマはフューチャーです。

The theme of this year’s event is “Future.”

フューチャー感かんのあるデザインが若わか者ものに人にん気きだ。

Designs with a futuristic feel are popular among young people.

Related words

未み来らいN3
未来 is the standard, neutral Japanese word for “the future,” while フューチャー is a katakana loanword used mainly in branding or stylish English-flavored contexts.
将しょう来らいN5
将来 usually refers to one's personal or practical future prospects, whereas フューチャー is a trendier, less formal loanword often seen in product names or slogans.

Don't confuse with

フィーチャー
フューチャー means “future,” while the similar-sounding フィーチャー means “feature” (as in a special feature or feature film), so the two are easily mixed up by ear.

Word family

レトロフューチャー
retrofuture; retrofuturism

Etymology

Katakana loanword-style form corresponding to “future”; no language-of-origin field is specified, so the precise borrowing history is not specified here.