次世代

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 次世代, read じせだい, combines next 次 with generation 世代 to denote what follows the present generation.
• Basic usage: It denotes the generation after the present one or the next stage of technology, as in 次世代を担う若者.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • It does not name one fixed age group; context can make it the next stage of people, products, or social systems.