future tense
Grammatical term referring to a verb form that expresses future action or state. In Japanese linguistics, it is often discussed in contrast with the non-past form.
The English future tense is expressed with 'will' or 'be going to'.
It is said that Japanese does not have a strict future tense.
Compound of 未来 (future) and 形 (form, tense). A straightforward calque from Western grammatical terminology.