Illustration: In a family kitchen, a child has accidentally nudged a tall stack of bowls at the edge of a counter. The stack now leans outward, its bottom bowl partly unsupported. The parent urgently extends both hands beneath it while the child points toward the slipping base.

JLPT N1conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

さもなければ

samonakereba

otherwise, or else

Example sentences

  1. 急いそぎなさい、さもなければ遅おくれますよ。

    Make haste, or you will be late.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしはすぐに出でかけていった。さもなければ彼かれに会あえなかったろう。

    I went at once; otherwise I should have missed him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは早はやく出発しゅっぱつした。さもなければその列車れっしゃに乗のれなかっただろう。

    He left early; otherwise he could not have caught the train.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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