JLPT N3 · Adverbs of guessing

おそらく

probably

Stroke order of おそらく

4 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

お · 3 strokes そ · 1 strokes ら · 2 strokes く · 1 strokes

Memory trick

OSORAKU — 'oh, so rock-u' probably a rock.

Parts: Adverb; likely.

The characters in おそらく

おお — o (3 strokes)
そそ — so (1 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)
くく — ku (1 strokes)

Example sentence

おそらく明日は雨だ。

おそらくあしたはあめだ。

It will probably rain tomorrow.

More words: Adverbs of guessing

いったいon earth; what in the world もしかするとpossibly ひょっとするとmaybe; by any chance どうやらapparently なんとなくsomehow; vaguely なんとかsomehow; managing いかにもtruly; indeed まさにexactly; precisely さぞsurely; must be もしもif; in case

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