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Japanese
Etymology
From Old Japanese; attested in the Man'yōshū of 759. In turn, reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *məsi.
Pronunciation
Adverb
もし • (moshi)
- 若し: if; supposing
- もし来られたら来なさい。
- Moshi koraretara kinasai.
- Come if you can. (informal)
- 若し: perhaps
Affix
もし • (moshi)
- 若し: or maybe
Usage notes
- The word is used at the start of the clause serves as a signal that it's conditional and can be omitted. Other grammatical forms and words are still used to indicate the condition.
Synonyms
See also
Noun
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(This term, もし, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as もし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もし.)
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References
- ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, pages 738-739
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “もし 【若】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
(in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
