Illustration: In an apartment living room, a curtain bulges slightly near the floor beside an open balcony door. A resident notices it and tentatively extends a cat toy toward the concealed shape, one eyebrow raised and their head tilted.

ひょっとすると

hyottosuruto

perhaps, possibly

Example sentences

ひょっとすると明日あしたは雨あめかもしれない。
Perhaps it will rain tomorrow.
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アリスはひょっとすると来くるかもしれない。
Alice may possibly come.
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ひょっとすると彼女かのじょは私わたしたちがここにいることを知しらないのかもしれない。
She might not know that we are here.
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