もし

See also: もじ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
若し
誠し (rare)

From Old Japanese; attested in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1][2] In turn, reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *məsi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

もし • (moshi) 

  1. 若し: [from 759] if; supposing
    もし雨(あめ)だったら車(くるま)を借(か)りよう。
    Moshi ame dattara kuruma o kariyō.
    Let's rent a car if it rains.
  2. 若し: [from 830] perhaps

Affix

もし • (moshi) 

  1. 若し: [from 858] or maybe
Usage notes
  • The word is used at the start of the clause serves as a signal that it's conditional and can be omitted. Other grammatical forms and words are still used to indicate the condition.
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

Interjection

もし • (moshi) 

  1. Used to attract the attention of someone.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of もし – see the following entry.
【模試】
[noun] clipping of 模擬試験 (mogi shiken, “mock exam”)
(This term, もし (moshi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as もし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もし.)

References

  1. ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, pages 738-739
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “もし 【若】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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