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 (moshi), 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][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: 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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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