将来

しょうらい

Future; prospects

N4noun·shourai

How to remember it

将 (future) + 来 (come) = what is yet to come in your future.

Example sentences

  • 将来は医者になりたいです。

    しょうらいはいしゃになりたいです。

    I want to become a doctor in the future.

  • 彼には明るい将来がある。

    かれにはあかるいしょうらいがある。

    He has a bright future ahead.

Usage

Refers to one's personal future; 未来 is more abstract and general.

Related words

未来現在最近一生

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