"だろう" meaning in All languages combined

See だろう on Wiktionary

Interjection [Japanese]

Forms: だろう ^ [canonical], darō [romanization], darau [romanization], だらう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|hhira=だらう}} だろう • (darō) ^(←だらう (darau)?)
  1. (informal) I know, right!? Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-だろう-ja-intj-NyIEG3KT Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 45 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 26 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 34 39

Verb [Japanese]

Forms: だろう ^ [canonical], darō [romanization], darau [romanization], だらう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-verb form|hhira=だらう}} だろう • (darō) ^(←だらう (darau)?)
  1. Volitional/conjectural form of だ (da). Used to present a supposition.
    Sense id: en-だろう-ja-verb-MIx2GMwf Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 45 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 34 39
  2. Volitional/conjectural form of だ (da). Indicates a volitional question. Synonyms (Aichi dialect): だらあ (darā)
    Sense id: en-だろう-ja-verb-loOnkVuM Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 28 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 45 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 34 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 16 68 Disambiguation of 'Aichi dialect': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: でしょう (deshō) [polite], やろう (yarō) [Kansai, dialectal, slang]

Alternative forms

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      "form": "だろう ^",
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    },
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              "障",
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          "english": "Who will say such things?",
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          "text": "誰がそんな事を言うだろうか。",
          "translation": "Who will say such things?",
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          "english": "You saw the photo I sent you yesterday, right?",
          "roman": "Kinō okutta shashin wa mita darō.",
          "ruby": [
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            [
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            [
              "真",
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              "見",
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    },
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        "I know, right!?"
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          "roman": "Kikai no koshō darō.",
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          "english": "It will probably rain.",
          "roman": "Ame ga furu darō.",
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              "降",
              "ふ"
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          "english": "Nobody will believe it.",
          "roman": "Dare mo shinjinai darō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誰",
              "だれ"
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            [
              "信",
              "しん"
            ]
          ],
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          "english": "Who will say such things?",
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          "translation": "Who will say such things?",
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          "ruby": [
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      "word": "でしょう"
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      "word": "だらあ"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for だろう meaning in All languages combined (4.2kB)

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