Vocabulary

What does 恐らく (おそらく, osoraku) mean?

恐らく (おそらく, osoraku) means probably, perhaps.

Quick facts
Readingおそらく
Romajiosoraku
Part of speechadverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
おそらく
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonosoraku

probably, perhaps

  1. 1adverb probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood

Example sentences

  • It will probably rain tomorrow.

  • I think he probably won't come.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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