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将来

しょうらい

one's future, in the future

Mnemonic

What is about to come, close enough that you can make plans about it. A show しょう, and the same らい as 以来 pointed forward instead of back. A pilot, if it works out: しょうらい.

Worth knowing

未来 みらい is the future in the large sense. 将来 is your own, and near enough to plan for.

Built from

commander, about to
A hand with meat offered on it, which is the shape used for the one who leads. It also does what is just about to come.
come
Originally a wheat plant. The crop that comes to you at harvest.

Words sharing these kanji

to come to be able to do, to be good at next year next month to come around, to come along future originally, essentially to bring over, to bring along occurrence, incident since

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