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JLPT N3 · Noun

未来 (mirai)

未来 (みらい, mirai) is a Japanese noun meaning “(distant) future”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
みらい
Romaji
mirai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. (distant) future · noun
  2. future existence; world beyond the grave; the world to come · noun
  3. future (tense) · noun

Example sentences

あなたの未来に乾杯！
To your future!
Tatoeba #233007

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 未来

未
un-, not yet, hithertoミ・ビ・いま.だ・ま.だ · 5 strokes
来
come, due, nextライ・タイ・く.る・きた.る · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 未来.

未みnot yet未満みまんless than未だいまだstill未開みかいuncivilized未婚みこんunmarried未熟みじゅくunripe未知みちnot yet known未定みていnot yet fixed未練みれんlingering attachment来るくるto come (spatially or temporally)来月らいげつnext month来週らいしゅうnext week来年らいねんnext yearさ来年さらいねんyear after next

Source: JMdict entry 1528060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.