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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

もしかして

N1
moshikashite
  1. perhaps
  2. possibly
adverb

Also written 若しかして

Chinese meanings

也许;难道

Examples

  • ああ、もしかして名な前まえを呼よばれるのが恥はずかしいって?
    Ah, could it be you're embarrassed to be called by your first name?
    啊,难道你觉得被叫名字不好意思?
  • もしかしてあなたのタイプ貸してもらえるかしら。
    Is there any chance of my borrowing your typewriter?
    或许可以借用一下你的打字机吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('16f035d374'); // もしかして
{
  "id": "16f035d374",
  "word": "もしかして",
  "reading": "もしかして",
  "romaji": "moshikashite",
  "meanings": [
    "perhaps",
    "possibly"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1012520,
  "other_forms": [
    "若しかして"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ああ、もしかして名前を呼ばれるのが恥ずかしいって?",
      "furigana": "ああ、もしかして{名前|なまえ}を{呼|よ}ばれるのが{恥|は}ずかしいって?",
      "en": "Ah, could it be you're embarrassed to be called by your first name?",
      "tatoeba_id": 76927
    },
    {
      "ja": "もしかしてあなたのタイプ貸してもらえるかしら。",
      "en": "Is there any chance of my borrowing your typewriter?",
      "tatoeba_id": 193879
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "58ab913c826c37255efe4c6b97a0746a7040a7b86f05dbcf19c3d6af5cd7ca9e",
    "meanings": [
      "也许",
      "难道"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ああ、もしかして名前を呼ばれるのが恥ずかしいって?",
        "zh": "啊,难道你觉得被叫名字不好意思?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "もしかしてあなたのタイプ貸してもらえるかしら。",
        "zh": "或许可以借用一下你的打字机吗?"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/16f035d374",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1012520; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "cbed37f67463e56dff2664b23befb37960e5d938ad3db44a0c68c24c0e116d9b"
  }
}