もし
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See also: もじ
Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spelling |
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| 若し |
Etymology[edit]
From Old Japanese; attested in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1][2] In turn, reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *məsi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
Affix[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
- 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[edit]
- もしも (moshimo)
See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
| For pronunciation and definitions of もし – see the following entry. | ||
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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.) |
References[edit]
- ^ 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”)
[1] (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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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