Chinese

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) み​らい [míꜜràì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [miɾ̠a̠i]

Noun

未来 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 未來, hiragana みらい, romaji mirai)

1. the future, time(s) yet to come.
2. (Buddhism) the future life
3. (grammar) the future tense

Antonyms

• 過去 (かこ) ‎(kako): the past

Related terms

• 現在 (げんざい) ‎(genzai): the present
• 今 (いま) ‎(ima): the here and now

Proper noun

未来 ‎(hiragana みく, romaji Miku)

1. A female given name

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3