(みらい)

みらい
noun
future
1. future, time to come
The time that will come after the present.
No one knows what the future holds.
I'm dreaming of a bright future.
I'm looking forward to future technology.
I want to protect the environment for the children's future.
Rather than looking back at the past, let's move forward toward the future.
2. future tense
In grammar, the tense indicating future actions.
未来(みらい)(けい)使(つか)
To use the future tense.
English has a future tense.
This sentence expresses a future event.
It is said that Japanese does not have a clear future tense.
In grammar class, we learned about past, present, and future tenses.

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GRAMMAR:
未来(みらい)(けい) = future tense (grammatical term)

NOTE:
() means "not yet" and (らい) means "to come," so 未来(みらい) literally means "what has not yet come."