<entry id="2301041" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2861249</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>のでは</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<s_inf>abbr. of のではないか</s_inf>
<gloss>isn't it (the case that ...)?</gloss>
<gloss>could it be that ...?</gloss>
<gloss>don't you think?</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2024-05-13 02:20:43" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nicolas Maia</upd_name>
<upd_detl>I often see this at work seemingly as a contraction of のではないかと思います. It was difficult to understand at first, which is why I find it useful to have it here. Since "のでは" is a very common part of sentences, it was difficult to find examples of this on Google.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-13 02:39:26" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>isn't it more "isn't it (the case that)...?"
i.e. a contraction of just のではないか
いいのでは？ I would translate as "it's fine, isn't it?"</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>しみトモ、めっちゃ可愛いです。こんなに飼い主に甘える猫ちゃんってなかなかいないのでは？
https://dokusho-ojikan.jp/article/id=753

plenty of examples on Twitter if you search for のでは？

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AF%EF%BC%9F%22&amp;src=typed_query</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-15 10:32:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nicolas Maia</upd_name>
<upd_detl>How's this?</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -10,3 +10,3 @@
-&lt;s_inf&gt;at the end of sentences&lt;/s_inf&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;I think&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;I believe&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;at the end of sentences, oft. as a question&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;isn't it?&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;don't you think so?&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-16 23:32:33" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I'd go with this.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;abbr;&lt;/misc&gt;
-&lt;s_inf&gt;at the end of sentences, oft. as a question&lt;/s_inf&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;isn't it?&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;don't you think so?&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;at sentence end; abbr. of のではないか&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;isn't it (the case that ...)?&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;could it be that ...?&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;don't you think?&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-17 04:43:23" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think that works.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-17 23:10:21" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Doesn't have to be at the end of a sentence.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>のではと思い	333,727	
のではと考え	53,132	
のではと心配	46,540</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -9 +9 @@
-&lt;s_inf&gt;at sentence end; abbr. of のではないか&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;abbr. of のではないか&lt;/s_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>