もしかして
N1 moshikashite
- perhaps
- possibly
adverb
Also written 若しかして
Chinese meanings
也许;难道
Examples
- ああ、もしかして名前を呼ばれるのが恥ずかしいって?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"
}
}