おそらく
N3 osoraku
- perhaps
adverb
Also written 恐らく
Chinese meanings
恐怕;大概
Examples
- 首相はおそらく辞任するであろう。The premier is likely to resign.首相恐怕会辞职。
- 夕刻にはおそらく雨になるだろう。We may well have rain this evening.傍晚可能会下雨。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('25a3345e54'); // おそらく
{
"id": "25a3345e54",
"word": "おそらく",
"reading": "おそらく",
"romaji": "osoraku",
"meanings": [
"perhaps"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1236650,
"other_forms": [
"恐らく"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "首相はおそらく辞任するであろう。",
"furigana": "{首相|しゅしょう}はおそらく{辞任|じにん}するであろう。",
"en": "The premier is likely to resign.",
"tatoeba_id": 148414
},
{
"ja": "夕刻にはおそらく雨になるだろう。",
"furigana": "{夕刻|ゆうこく}にはおそらく{雨|あめ}になるだろう。",
"en": "We may well have rain this evening.",
"tatoeba_id": 79123
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d481c78534d826d64afa36120f7873ae45512e7a4f9625d102e27aa30f209de6",
"meanings": [
"恐怕",
"大概"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "首相はおそらく辞任するであろう。",
"zh": "首相恐怕会辞职。"
},
{
"ja": "夕刻にはおそらく雨になるだろう。",
"zh": "傍晚可能会下雨。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/25a3345e54",
"JMdict ent_seq 1236650; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "599fa1da22bf3ee08dedbdef2dc8bd048a32aed0d625b20bf07f7f72c55eda79"
}
}