1The time to come — the future, especially in the sense of what lies ahead or has not yet happened.
未来の自分がどうなっているか想像してみる。
I try to imagine what I'll be like in the future.
AI技術は未来の社会を大きく変えるだろう。
AI technology will likely change the society of the future dramatically.
未来のことは誰にも分からない。
No one knows what the future holds.
子供たちの明るい未来を願っている。
I hope for a bright future for the children.
2In Buddhism, the world to come after death (the next life) — a religious/philosophical concept paired with this life and past lives.
仏教では、現世・過去世・未来のつながりを説く。
Buddhism teaches the connection between this life, past lives, and the world to come.
善行を積めば未来でよい生を受けると教えられる。
It is taught that accumulating good deeds leads to a favorable rebirth in the world to come.
3The grammatical notion of future — tense or expressions referring to events that will happen later (future tense/forms).
日本語には英語のような明確な未来形がない。
Japanese doesn't have a clear future tense like English does.
未来のことを表すのに「だろう」がよく使われる。
The word だろう is often used to express future events.