See だろう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
},
{
"form": "darō",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "darau",
"tags": [
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},
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"form": "だらう",
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}
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}
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"english": "It's probably a mechanical failure.",
"roman": "Kikai no koshō darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"機",
"き"
],
[
"械",
"かい"
],
[
"故",
"こ"
],
[
"障",
"しょう"
]
],
"text": "機械の故障だろう。",
"translation": "It's probably a mechanical failure.",
"type": "example"
},
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12,
16
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],
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],
"english": "It will probably rain.",
"roman": "Ame ga furu darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"雨",
"あめ"
],
[
"降",
"ふ"
]
],
"text": "雨が降るだろう。",
"translation": "It will probably rain.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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18,
22
]
],
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6,
9
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],
"english": "Nobody will believe it.",
"roman": "Dare mo shinjinai darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"誰",
"だれ"
],
[
"信",
"しん"
]
],
"text": "誰も信じないだろう。",
"translation": "Nobody will believe it.",
"type": "example"
},
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24,
28
]
],
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9,
12
]
],
"english": "Who will say such things?",
"roman": "Dare ga sonna koto o iu darō ka.",
"ruby": [
[
"誰",
"だれ"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "誰がそんな事を言うだろうか。",
"translation": "Who will say such things?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Volitional/conjectural form of だ (da). Used to present a supposition."
],
"id": "en-だろう-ja-verb-MIx2GMwf",
"links": [
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
]
]
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"_dis": "23 28 49",
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"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 45 44",
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"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 34 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 21 58",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 16 68",
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"english": "You saw the photo I sent you yesterday, right?",
"roman": "Kinō okutta shashin wa mita darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"昨日",
"きのう"
],
[
"送",
"おく"
],
[
"写",
"しゃ"
],
[
"真",
"しん"
],
[
"見",
"み"
]
],
"text": "昨日送った写真は見ただろう。",
"translation": "You saw the photo I sent you yesterday, right?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"id": "en-だろう-ja-verb-loOnkVuM",
"links": [
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "44 56",
"roman": "darā",
"sense": "Aichi dialect",
"word": "だらあ"
}
]
}
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"roman": "deshō",
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"polite"
],
"word": "でしょう"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yarō",
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"Kansai",
"dialectal",
"slang"
],
"word": "やろう"
}
],
"word": "だろう"
}
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},
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},
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"tags": [
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},
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],
"glosses": [
"I know, right!?"
],
"id": "en-だろう-ja-intj-NyIEG3KT",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) I know, right!?"
],
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"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "だろう"
}
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"romanization"
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},
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},
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5,
13
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],
"english": "It's probably a mechanical failure.",
"roman": "Kikai no koshō darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"機",
"き"
],
[
"械",
"かい"
],
[
"故",
"こ"
],
[
"障",
"しょう"
]
],
"text": "機械の故障だろう。",
"translation": "It's probably a mechanical failure.",
"type": "example"
},
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[
12,
16
]
],
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[
4,
7
]
],
"english": "It will probably rain.",
"roman": "Ame ga furu darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"雨",
"あめ"
],
[
"降",
"ふ"
]
],
"text": "雨が降るだろう。",
"translation": "It will probably rain.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
18,
22
]
],
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[
6,
9
]
],
"english": "Nobody will believe it.",
"roman": "Dare mo shinjinai darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"誰",
"だれ"
],
[
"信",
"しん"
]
],
"text": "誰も信じないだろう。",
"translation": "Nobody will believe it.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
24,
28
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
12
]
],
"english": "Who will say such things?",
"roman": "Dare ga sonna koto o iu darō ka.",
"ruby": [
[
"誰",
"だれ"
],
[
"事",
"こと"
],
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "誰がそんな事を言うだろうか。",
"translation": "Who will say such things?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Volitional/conjectural form of だ (da). Used to present a supposition."
],
"links": [
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
]
]
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"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
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10,
13
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40,
45
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"english": "You saw the photo I sent you yesterday, right?",
"roman": "Kinō okutta shashin wa mita darō.",
"ruby": [
[
"昨日",
"きのう"
],
[
"送",
"おく"
],
[
"写",
"しゃ"
],
[
"真",
"しん"
],
[
"見",
"み"
]
],
"text": "昨日送った写真は見ただろう。",
"translation": "You saw the photo I sent you yesterday, right?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Volitional/conjectural form of だ (da). Indicates a volitional question."
],
"links": [
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
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],
"word": "でしょう"
},
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"sense": "Aichi dialect",
"word": "だらあ"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Kansai",
"dialectal",
"slang"
],
"word": "やろう"
}
],
"word": "だろう"
}
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"Japanese interjections",
"Japanese lemmas",
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"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese verb forms",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
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]
},
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"romanization"
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"I know, right!?"
],
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"(informal) I know, right!?"
],
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]
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}
Download raw JSONL data for だろう meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)
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