"恐らく" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [o̞so̞ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 恐らく [canonical] (ruby: (おそ)), osoraku [romanization]
Etymology: Abbreviation of 恐(おそ)らくは (osoraku wa), itself a contraction of obsolete 恐(おそ)るらくは (osoruraku wa), composed of 恐(おそ)る (osoru, “to fear”, obsolete earlier form of modern 恐(おそ)れる (osoreru)) + らく (-raku, “state, act, or fact of doing”, nominalizing suffix) + は (wa, topic particle). Compare English use of the term afraid, as in the phrases “I'm afraid so”, or “I'm afraid that ...”, to express a sense of probably. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|恐らくは|おそらくは|rom=osoraku wa}} 恐(おそ)らくは (osoraku wa), {{ja-r|恐るらくは|おそるらくは|rom=osoruraku wa}} 恐(おそ)るらくは (osoruraku wa), {{ja-r|恐れる|おそれる}} 恐(おそ)れる (osoreru), {{ja-r|恐る|おそる|pos=obsolete earlier form of modern 恐(おそ)れる (osoreru</span>)|t=to fear}} 恐(おそ)る (osoru, “to fear”, obsolete earlier form of modern 恐(おそ)れる (osoreru)), {{ja-r|らく|pos=nominalizing suffix|rom=-raku|t=state, act, or fact of doing}} らく (-raku, “state, act, or fact of doing”, nominalizing suffix), {{ja-r|は|pos=topic particle|rom=wa}} は (wa, topic particle), {{m|en|afraid}} afraid, {{m|en|probably}} probably Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|おそらく}} 恐(おそ)らく • (osoraku)
  1. probably, in all likelihood Wikipedia link: ja:大辞林, ja:松村明 Synonyms: 十中八九: literally “eight (jutchū hakku), nine times out of ten”: in all likelihood, 多分 (tabun) (ruby: (), (ぶん)) (english: maybe, perhaps, probably), きっと (kitto)

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