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おそらく

N3
osoraku
  1. perhaps
adverb

Also written 恐らく

Chinese meanings

恐怕;大概

Examples

  • 首しゅ相しょうはおそらく辞じ任にんするであろう。
    The premier is likely to resign.
    首相恐怕会辞职。
  • 夕ゆう刻こくにはおそらく雨あめになるだろう。
    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"
  }
}