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Japanese
Adverb
ひょっと • (hyotto)
- (onomatopoeia) possibly
- (onomatopoeia) by chance
Verb
ひょっとする • (hyotto suru) suru (stem ひょっとし (hyotto shi), past ひょっとした (hyotto shita))
- be by any chance
Usage notes
Usually occurs with a form of する, for example as ひょっとして or ひょっとしたら.
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