"でしょう" meaning in Japanese

See でしょう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: deshō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} でしょう • (deshō)
  1. (informal) I know, right!? Isn't it!? Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-でしょう-ja-intj-sHQIJRn8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: でしょ (desho) [informal] Synonyms (Hokkaido dialect): っしょ (ssho)
Disambiguation of 'Hokkaido dialect': 49 51 0

Verb

Forms: deshō [romanization], deseu [romanization], でせう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-verb form|hhira=でせう}} でしょう • (deshō) ^(←でせう (deseu)?)
  1. Volitional/conjectural form of です (desu), used to present a supposition.
    Sense id: en-でしょう-ja-verb-k2PqfbpU Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 43 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 43 50
  2. Volitional/conjectural form of です (desu), indicates question.
    Sense id: en-でしょう-ja-verb-ZbwksLeF Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 41 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 43 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 43 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 26 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 20 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: でしょ (desho) [informal] Synonyms (Hokkaido dialect): っしょ (ssho)
Disambiguation of 'Hokkaido dialect': 49 51 0

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "deshō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deseu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でせう",
      "roman": "deseu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "でしょう • (deshō) ^(←でせう (deseu)?)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 48 49",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 43 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 43 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It will be good weather tomorrow.",
          "roman": "Ashita wa ii tenki deshō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "明日",
              "あした"
            ],
            [
              "天",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "明日はいい天気でしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "There will probably be various kind of different opinion now.",
          "roman": "Genzai iroiro na iron mo aru deshō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "現",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "在",
              "ざい"
            ],
            [
              "異",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "論",
              "ろん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "現在いろいろな異論もあるでしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is unlikely that it will ever be released.",
          "roman": "Hatsubai sareru kanōsei wa, hikui deshō ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "発",
              "はつ"
            ],
            [
              "売",
              "ばい"
            ],
            [
              "可",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "能",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "低",
              "ひく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "発売される可能性は、低いでしょうね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Volitional/conjectural form of です (desu), used to present a supposition."
      ],
      "id": "en-でしょう-ja-verb-k2PqfbpU",
      "links": [
        [
          "です",
          "です#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 41 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 48 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
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        {
          "_dis": "8 43 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 43 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 26 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 20 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is this PC yours?",
          "roman": "Kono pasokon wa anata no deshō.",
          "text": "このパソコンはあなたのでしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Did you see the photo I sent you yesterday?",
          "roman": "Kinō okutta shashin wa mita deshō.",
          "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でしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Volitional/conjectural form of です (desu), indicates question."
      ],
      "id": "en-でしょう-ja-verb-ZbwksLeF",
      "links": [
        [
          "です",
          "です#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "desho",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "でしょ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51 0",
      "roman": "ssho",
      "sense": "Hokkaido dialect",
      "word": "っしょ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "でしょう"
}

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    {
      "form": "deshō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "でしょう • (deshō)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "glosses": [
        "I know, right!? Isn't it!?"
      ],
      "id": "en-でしょう-ja-intj-sHQIJRn8",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) I know, right!? Isn't it!?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "desho",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "でしょ"
    },
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      "roman": "ssho",
      "sense": "Hokkaido dialect",
      "word": "っしょ"
    }
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}
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    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with しょ",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "form": "deshō",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deseu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でせう",
      "roman": "deseu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "hhira": "でせう"
      },
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      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "It will be good weather tomorrow.",
          "roman": "Ashita wa ii tenki deshō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "明日",
              "あした"
            ],
            [
              "天",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "明日はいい天気でしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "There will probably be various kind of different opinion now.",
          "roman": "Genzai iroiro na iron mo aru deshō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "現",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "在",
              "ざい"
            ],
            [
              "異",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "論",
              "ろん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "現在いろいろな異論もあるでしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is unlikely that it will ever be released.",
          "roman": "Hatsubai sareru kanōsei wa, hikui deshō ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "発",
              "はつ"
            ],
            [
              "売",
              "ばい"
            ],
            [
              "可",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "能",
              "のう"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "低",
              "ひく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "発売される可能性は、低いでしょうね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Volitional/conjectural form of です (desu), used to present a supposition."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "です",
          "です#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is this PC yours?",
          "roman": "Kono pasokon wa anata no deshō.",
          "text": "このパソコンはあなたのでしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Did you see the photo I sent you yesterday?",
          "roman": "Kinō okutta shashin wa mita deshō.",
          "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でしょう。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Volitional/conjectural form of です (desu), indicates question."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "です",
          "です#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "desho",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "でしょ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ssho",
      "sense": "Hokkaido dialect",
      "word": "っしょ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "でしょう"
}

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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with しょ",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "deshō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "でしょう • (deshō)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      ],
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        "I know, right!? Isn't it!?"
      ],
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        "(informal) I know, right!? Isn't it!?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "desho",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "でしょ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ssho",
      "sense": "Hokkaido dialect",
      "word": "っしょ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "でしょう"
}

Download raw JSONL data for でしょう meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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