もしか

Japanese

Alternative spelling
若しか

From もし (moshi, “if”) + か (ka, interrogative and coordinating particle).

もしか • (moshi ka)

(more emphatic) Synonym of もし (“if; supposing”)
もしか誰(だれ)か来(き)たら、夕(ゆう)方(がた)まで帰(かえ)らないといってください。
Moshika dareka kitara, yūgata made kaeranai to itte kudasai.
In case anybody comes, please tell him or her that I won't return until evening.

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN