未み来らい

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

future; time to come

General term for the future, often with a sense of distance or possibility. Used in everyday and formal contexts.

Related words· 9

将しょう来らいN5sense 1
将来 usually refers to one's own concrete future (career, life plans), while 未来 is broader and can sound more abstract or distant in time.
今こん後ごN3sense 1
今後 means 'from now on' and focuses on the near, practical future, whereas 未来 covers the future in general, including far-off or hypothetical times.
行ゆく末すえ sense 1
行く末 is a literary, slightly poetic word for someone's future or fate, while 未来 is the neutral, everyday term for the future.
フューチャー
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.

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後こう世せい
未来 is the general word for 'the future' as a period of time, whereas 後世 emphasizes the people or legacy left behind for those who come after.
将しょう来らい的てき
未来 refers to 'the future' as a time period in a broad or philosophical sense, whereas 将来的 describes a specific plan or outlook as prospective.
先さきN2
未来 is a formal, abstract word for 'the future', while 先 is the everyday term used in casual phrases like この先どうなるか.
前ぜん途とN1
未来 refers to the future as an abstract time period, often distant, while 前途 is more concrete, focusing on the road or prospects immediately ahead of a person or plan.

Opposites

過か去こN3sense 1
過去 means 'the past', the direct opposite of 未来 'the future'.
現げん在ざいN3sense 1
現在 means 'the present', contrasting with 未来 which points forward to time not yet arrived.
歴れき史しN4
未来 means 'the future', standing in temporal opposition to 歴史, which concerns the recorded past.