"もし" meaning in Japanese

See もし in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [mo̞ɕi] Forms: moshi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese; attested in the Man'yōshū of 759. In turn, reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *məsi. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*məsi}} Proto-Japonic *məsi Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} もし • (moshi)
  1. 若し: if; supposing
    Sense id: en-もし-ja-adv-QnQt5PTR Categories (other): Japanese affixes Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 56 17 26
  2. 若し: perhaps
    Sense id: en-もし-ja-adv-KJ0oPHQT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Affix

IPA: [mo̞ɕi] Forms: moshi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese; attested in the Man'yōshū of 759. In turn, reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *məsi. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*məsi}} Proto-Japonic *məsi Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix}} もし • (moshi)
  1. 若し: or maybe Synonyms: もしも (moshimo) Related terms: たら (tara), なら (nara)
    Sense id: en-もし-ja-affix-ilhY-MkA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

Forms: moshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} もし • (moshi)
  1. Used to attract the attention of someone. Derived forms: もしもし (moshimoshi)
    Sense id: en-もし-ja-intj-XLe~uNly Categories (other): 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: 24 7 14 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 7 24 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 8 26 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 7 24 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 9 10 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 8 9 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-もし-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Let's rent a car if it rains.",
          "roman": "Moshi ame dattara kuruma o kariyō.",
          "ruby": [
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            [
              "車",
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              "借",
              "か"
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          "english": "Let's rent a car if it rains.",
          "roman": "Moshi ame dattara kuruma o kariyō.",
          "ruby": [
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              "雨",
              "あめ"
            ],
            [
              "車",
              "くるま"
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            [
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              "か"
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        "若し: if; supposing"
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          "若し",
          "若し#Japanese"
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    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
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          "若し",
          "若し#Japanese"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for もし meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)

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