Meaning of 未来 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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未来JLPT 3
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Kana Readingみらい
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Romajimirai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- the future (usually distant)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- future tense
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- the world to come
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Example Sentences
未来, みらい used in context
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Smiling cheerfully, the two began to walk off into their brilliant future.
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予知能力とは霊力を使って、未来に起こることがらについて知ること。
Precognition is the act of using spiritual-power to know things that will occur in the future.
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未来進行形は、未来の時点で進行中の動作や出来事を表現するときに用いられますが、例文は進行中の動作とは考えられません。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
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時の副詞節(ここではwhen)は、未来のことがらを現在時制で表します。
Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense.
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倫理の点から言うと、技術関連の大原則は「現在への責任」だが、「未来への責任」という新しい考え方が出てきた。
From an ethical point of view, the great principle of technology is "responsibility to the present" but the new way of thinking, "responsibility to the future" has emerged.
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My heart pounded at the future excitement.
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
On: ミ, ビ
Kun: いま.だ, ま.だ, ひつじ
5 strokes
come, due, next, cause, become
On: ライ, タイ
Kun: く.る, きた.る, きた.す, き.たす, き.たる, き, こ
7 strokes
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