Illustration: In a Japanese apartment, a person searching for a missing cat notices a rounded bulge near the bottom of a curtain. The curtain shifts slightly, but whatever is behind it remains completely concealed.

JLPT N3expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

ひょっとしたら

hyotto shitara

perhaps, possibly

Example sentences

  1. ひょっとしたら、トム勝かてるかも。

    Perhaps Tom can win.

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  2. ひょっとしたら明日あしたは晴はれるかもしれない。

    It may possibly be fine tomorrow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ひょっとしたら僕ぼくが君きみを助たすけられるかもしれないよ。

    I might be able to help you.

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