"かも" meaning in Japanese

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Particle

Forms: ka mo [romanization]
Etymology: Analyzable as a combination of か (ka, interrogative and indeterminate particle) + も (mo, “also, as well, too”, inclusive particle). Often used as a shortening of longer expression かも知れない (ka mo shirenai, “may, might, perhaps”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|か|pos=interrogative and indeterminate particle}} か (ka, interrogative and indeterminate particle), {{ja-r|も||also, as well, too|pos=inclusive particle}} も (mo, “also, as well, too”, inclusive particle), {{m|ja|かも知れない||may, might, perhaps|tr=ka mo shirenai}} かも知れない (ka mo shirenai, “may, might, perhaps”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle|か も}} かも • (ka mo)
  1. Short for かも知れない (ka mo shirenai, “may, might, perhaps”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: かも知れない (extra: ka mo shirenai, “may, might, perhaps”)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for かも meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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