未来

See also: 未來

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 未来 – see 未來 (“has not come; future; coming; approaching; pending”). (This term is the simplified form of 未來).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

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未来

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Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
未	来
み Grade: 4	らい Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
未來 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 未來 (MC mj+jH loj). Originally a Buddhist calque of Sanskrit अनागत (anāgata, “not yet come; future”, past participle), from अन्- (an-, “not”) + आगत (āgata, “what has come”), from the verb root आगम् (āgam, “to come”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みらい [míꜜràì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [mʲiɾa̠i]

Noun

未(み)来(らい) • (mirai)

the future
Synonyms: 将来 (shōrai), フューチャー (fyūchā)
- 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “未(み)来(らい)ドロボウ [The Future Thief]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 103:
  
  あっ　まってっ‼ぼくの未(み)来(らい)をかえせっ‼
  Ah matteh‼ Boku no mirai o kaeseh‼
  Come back here‼ Give me back my future‼
- 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “未(み)来(らい)ドロボウ [The Future Thief]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 120:
  あの子の未(み)来(らい)がどうなるか…………それはわからないが………、ただひとついえることは、これからの毎日を……、一日一日たいせつに、生きていってくれるだろうということ
  Ano ko no mirai ga dō naru ka………… Sore wa wakaranai ga………, tada hitotsu ieru koto wa, kore kara no mainichi o……, ichinichi ichinichi taisetsu ni, ikiteitte kureru darō to iu koto
  What does the future have in store for him?…………That is yet to be determined………, one thing for certain though, from now on……, he will treasure every single day of his life
- 2000 August 17, CLAMP, Ｘ(エックス) [X], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, pages 16–17:
  
  君(きみ)が死(し)ぬ未(み)来(らい)が見(み)えても…僕(ぼく)は…何(なに)も出来(でき)なかった…　…未(み)来(らい)は…変(か)えられない…
  Kimi ga shinu mirai ga miete mo… boku wa… nani mo dekinakatta… …Mirai wa… kaerarenai…
  Even though I could see the future in which you died… I… could do nothing… …The future… cannot be changed…
(Buddhism) the future, one of the three existences
Synonyms: 後生 (goshō), 後世 (gose), 未来世 (mirai-se), 来世 (raise)

Hypernym: 三世 (sanze)
(grammar) the future tense

Coordinate terms

過(か)去(こ) (kako, “past”)
現(げん)在(ざい) (genzai, “present”)

Derived terms

Proper noun

未(み)来(らい) • (Mirai)

a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
未	来
み Grade: 4	く Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
未來 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 未 (mi, the on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading) +‎ 来 (ku, the kun'yomi or native Japanese reading).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みく [míꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [mʲikɯ̟]

Proper noun

未(み)来(く) • (Miku)

a female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
未	来
み Grade: 4	く(る) Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
未來 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 未 (mi, the on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading) +‎ 来る (kuru, the kun'yomi or native Japanese reading).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みくる [míꜜkùrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [mʲikɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

未(み)来(くる) • (Mikuru)

a female given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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