かもしれない

kamoshirenai

may
might
perhaps
may be
possibly

expression

Also written かも知れない

Chinese meanings

也许；可能

Examples

Furigana

あなたの言うことは正しいかもしれない。
You could be right, I suppose.
你说的也许是对的。
Tatoeba #233344
列れっ車しゃに乗のり遅おくれたのかもしれない。
He may have missed the train.
可能没赶上火车。
Tatoeba #77555

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('91e25df095'); // かもしれない

{
  "id": "91e25df095",
  "word": "かもしれない",
  "reading": "かもしれない",
  "romaji": "kamoshirenai",
  "meanings": [
    "may",
    "might",
    "perhaps",
    "may be",
    "possibly"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "exp"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1002970,
  "other_forms": [
    "かも知れない"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あなたの言うことは正しいかもしれない。",
      "en": "You could be right, I suppose.",
      "tatoeba_id": 233344
    },
    {
      "ja": "列車に乗り遅れたのかもしれない。",
      "furigana": "{列車|れっしゃ}に{乗|の}り{遅|おく}れたのかもしれない。",
      "en": "He may have missed the train.",
      "tatoeba_id": 77555
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "d577e653489c2571bdb862ef8f38fadeb8438b5376bc1670431d8be38ee108ac",
    "meanings": [
      "也许",
      "可能"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あなたの言うことは正しいかもしれない。",
        "zh": "你说的也许是对的。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "列車に乗り遅れたのかもしれない。",
        "zh": "可能没赶上火车。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/91e25df095",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1002970; 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": "2ef254df14dd21c5537cf637891e8f8dde7603f361cabba461f60d0797765cbc"
  }
}