Illustration: At an apartment entrance, two friends pause before going outside. The pavement remains dry, but a bank of dark clouds is approaching behind a still-bright patch of sky. One friend looks upward with raised eyebrows and loosely offers a folded umbrella, palm turned up in a tentative suggestion.

JLPT N1expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

ことによると

koto ni yoru to

possibly, perhaps

Often used with かもしれない. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ことによると父ちちは次つぎの列車れっしゃで帰かえるかもしれません。

    My father will possibly come on the next train.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ことによると、きみにも一緒いっしょにきてもらう。

    I might ask you to come along too.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. ことによると、明日あしたは雪ゆきが降ふるかもしれない。

    It might snow tomorrow.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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