Illustration: At a Japanese after-school science club, two children watch a ball balanced at the fork of a homemade tabletop track. Either branch could receive it. One chute leads directly to a small hanging bell; the other curves into a padded collection box that cannot touch the bell.

JLPT N4adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

もし

moshi

if

Used with a conditional sentence. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. もし雨あめなら電話でんわして。

    Telephone me if it rains.

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  2. もしそうなったら、どうする？

    If that happened, what would you do?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. もし雨あめなら遠足えんそくは中止ちゅうしです。

    If it rains, the excursion will be called off.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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