もしかすると

moshikasuruto

perhaps
maybe
by some chance

adverb

Also written 若しかすると

Chinese meanings

也许

Examples

もしかすると彼は明日来るかもしれない。
He might come tomorrow.
他明天也许会来。
Tatoeba #193878

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('1b67b6cb7e'); // もしかすると

{
  "id": "1b67b6cb7e",
  "word": "もしかすると",
  "reading": "もしかすると",
  "romaji": "moshikasuruto",
  "meanings": [
    "perhaps",
    "maybe",
    "by some chance"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1012530,
  "other_forms": [
    "若しかすると"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "もしかすると彼は明日来るかもしれない。",
      "en": "He might come tomorrow.",
      "tatoeba_id": 193878
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "623f48335a4bce3cadf86c10654ea3c4b7dbf2b179ad5975b2c622b0c1b6b0f8",
    "meanings": [
      "也许"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "もしかすると彼は明日来るかもしれない。",
        "zh": "他明天也许会来。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/1b67b6cb7e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1012530; 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": "2e963af4f66bc523bd972ba51a9a4766e7d6ee1d7293ddb095f3faeca5855cbd"
  }
}