<entry id="2105955" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2016930</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>然もなくば</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>然も無くば</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>さもなくば</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&conj;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>otherwise</gloss>
<gloss>or else</gloss>
<gloss>if not</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2004-03-30 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-29 20:13:05" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>Hi, I think this has the nuance of "if you don't, your only other option is ..."

さもなくば = さもなければ = そうでなければ

The 精選版 日本国語大辞典 available at https://kotobank.jp/word/然もなくば-512074 explains this to mean そうしないと which is consistent with what I said above</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-12-12 14:04:14" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Yes, and it's probably worth making that clear.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -19 +19 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;if not so&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;if you don't, the only other option is ...&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-12-14 18:05:32" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Aligning with 2008300.
Not a conjunction according to the kokugos.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;conj;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -18,2 +17,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;else&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;if you don't, the only other option is ...&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;or else&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;if not&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-12-14 20:03:27" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-06-16 08:25:34" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Opencooper</upd_name>
<upd_detl>Are we sure it's not a conjunction?</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>* meikyo: 〔接〕
* wikt: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%95%E3%82%82%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E3%81%B0</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-06-17 05:15:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Probably should be revisited. Ditto for さもないと.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-06-20 00:59:19" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14 +14 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;conj;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>