将しょう来らい

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

将来する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	将しょう来らいする	将しょう来らいしない
Polite	将しょう来らいします	将しょう来らいしません
Past polite	将しょう来らいしました	将しょう来らいしませんでした
Past	将しょう来らいした	将しょう来らいしなかった
Te-form	将しょう来らいして	将しょう来らいしないで
Desire	将しょう来らいしたい	将しょう来らいしたくない
Potential	将しょう来らいできる	将しょう来らいできない
Passive	将しょう来らいされる	将しょう来らいされない
Causative	将しょう来らいさせる	将しょう来らいさせない
Causative passive	将しょう来らいさせられる	将しょう来らいさせられない
Volitional	将しょう来らいしよう
Polite volitional	将しょう来らいしましょう
Imperative	将しょう来らいしろ	将しょう来らいするな
Conditional	将しょう来らいすれば	将しょう来らいしなければ
Tara conditional	将しょう来らいしたら	将しょう来らいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, adverb

future; prospects

Refers to the time ahead or what lies ahead for a person, organization, or thing. Often used in adverbial phrases like 将来は or 将来のために.

将しょう来らいの夢ゆめは何なんですか。
What is your dream for the future?
彼かれは将しょう来らい、医い者しゃになりたいと思おもっている。
He wants to become a doctor in the future.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

bringing in; importing

Used for bringing something from another place or region, often with a nuance of introducing something new. Can be used as a suru-verb.

新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつを海かい外がいから将しょう来らいする。
We bring in new technology from abroad.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

bringing about; causing; incurring

Refers to causing a situation or result, often with a negative connotation like incurring debt or trouble. Cross-referenced with 招来.

Usage patterns

将しょう来らいを考かんがえるto think about one's future
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの将しょう来らいを真しん剣けんに考かんがえている。
He is seriously thinking about his future.
〈物もの〉を将しょう来らいするto bring in/import something (e.g. a technology or custom)
その技ぎ術じゅつは海かい外がいから将しょう来らいされた。
That technology was brought in from overseas.
〈事こと〉を将しょう来らいするto bring about/incur something (often negative)
その決けっ定ていは大おおきな混こん乱らんを将しょう来らいした。
That decision brought about great confusion.
将しょう来らいのためにfor the sake of the future
将しょう来らいのために毎まい月つきお金かねを貯ためている。
I'm saving money every month for the future.
将しょう来らいに備そなえるto prepare for the future
老ろう後ごの将しょう来らいに備そなえて保ほ険けんに入はいった。
I got insurance to prepare for my future in old age.

Expressions

将しょう来らいの夢ゆめdream for the future; future aspiration
近ちかい将しょう来らいnear future; in the near future

Kanji

将leader, commander, general
来come, due, next
將commander, general, admiral
來come, due, next

Related words· 15

未み来らいN3sense 1
未来 is the broad, abstract word for 'the future' as a time period, while 将来 usually points to a person's or organization's concrete, near-term prospects.
今こん後ごN3sense 1
今後 means 'from now on' and focuses on the continuation of the present, whereas 将来 looks further ahead to a distinct future state.
末すえN3
将来 is a broad, neutral word for the future, while 末 in this sense appears mainly in evaluative expressions like 末が楽しみだ about how things will turn out.
先さき々ざき
将来 is the everyday, neutral word for 'the future', while 先々 adds a nuance of distant or eventual inevitability.

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前ぜん途とN1
将来 is the everyday word for a person's future in general, while 前途 emphasizes the path or prospects that lie ahead, often with a nuance of uncertainty or challenge.
後のち々のち
将来 is the formal, general word for one's future or prospects, while 後々 focuses on the eventual consequences of a present action or decision.
将しょう来らい的てき
将来 is the plain noun/adverb for 'the future', while 将来的 is the na-adjective form used to describe something as future-oriented, often in formal writing.
のちN3
将来 is the ordinary noun for 'the future,' especially one's future prospects, while 後（のち）refers more to a later time relative to something already mentioned.
後あと々あとN1
将来 is the formal, neutral word for 'the future' used in serious contexts like careers or plans, while 後々 is a more casual word for 'eventually/down the road', often about consequences.
先さき行ゆき
将来 is the general, everyday word for 'the future', while 先行き specifically implies a forecast or trend based on current conditions, often in business/economic contexts.
フューチャー
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.
次じ代だい
将来 refers broadly to the future in general, while 次代 specifically denotes the era or generation that comes immediately after the present one.
後こう世せい
将来 refers to one's own personal or near-term future, while 後世 refers to the distant future world inhabited by generations yet unborn.
後ご日じつN2
将来 refers to a broader, more distant future, while 後日 usually implies a relatively near, specific later date.
行ゆく先さきN1
将来 is the common, everyday word for one's future, while 行く先 used this way is more figurative and literary.

Opposites

過か去こN3sense 1
過去 means 'the past', the direct opposite of 将来's 'the future' sense.
目め先さき
目先 refers to the immediate, short-term view, while 将来 refers to the longer-term future, as in the common contrast 目先の利益 vs 将来の利益.
現げん時じ点てんN2
現時点 marks the present moment, while 将来 refers to the future, and the two are often contrasted in the same sentence (現時点では…将来的には…).

Don't confuse with

招しょう来らい sense 3
招来 shares the exact same pronunciation as 将来 but is a different word meaning specifically 'to bring about/invite (a result)', while 将来 covers 'future' as well as 'bring in/cause'.
本ほん来らいN2
将来 means 'the future' while 本来 means 'originally/by nature'; learners confuse them because both end in らい and relate to time-like concepts.
将しょう来らい性せい
将来 simply means 'the future' as a time concept, whereas 将来性 means the potential or promise of future success held by a person or thing.

Word family· 7

将しょう来らい像ぞう
vision of the future; future outlook
将しょう来らい性せい
future prospects; promise; potential
将しょう来らい的てき
future; prospective; potential
将しょう来らい展てん望ぼう
future outlook; outlook for the future
将しょう来らい有ゆう望ぼう
promising; of great promise; with a bright future

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蘇そ民みん将しょう来らい
tower-shaped wooden talisman · apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease
将しょう来らいビジョン
vision for the future

Written forms

将しょう来らいUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
將しょう來らいUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Kyūjitai form; not used in modern Japanese writing.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 將來 (tsjang loj), literally 'will come'. The 'bringing' senses are extended uses in Japanese.