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JLPT N4 · Certainty & attitude

もしかしたら

perhaps; possibly

Stroke order of もしかしたら

6 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

も · 3 strokesし · 1 strokesか · 3 strokesし · 1 strokesた · 4 strokesら · 2 strokes

Memory trick

MOSHIKASHITARA — 'mosh-ka-she-tara': in the mosh, could it be... perhaps.

Parts: adverb; maybe, followed by かもしれない

The characters in もしかしたら

  • も も — mo (3 strokes)
  • し し — shi (1 strokes)
  • か か — ka (3 strokes)
  • し し — shi (1 strokes)
  • た た — ta (4 strokes)
  • ら ら — ra (2 strokes)

Example sentence

もしかしたら雨かもしれません。

もしかしたらあめかもしれません。

It might perhaps rain.

More words: Certainty & attitude

かならずwithout failやはりas expected; after allやっぱりas expected; after allまさかsurely not; no wayどうせanyway; after allせっかくwith much trouble; speciallyわざわざgoing out of one's wayわざとon purposeなるべくas much as possibleちゃんとproperly; neatly

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