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然もなくば；然も無くば
【さもなくば】

[conj] [uk]
▶ otherwise
▶ or else
▶ if not

History:

8.	A 2021-06-20 00:59:19 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	OK.
	Diff:	@@ -14 +14 @@ -<pos>&exp;</pos> +<pos>&conj;</pos>
7.	A* 2021-06-17 05:15:40 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Probably should be revisited. Ditto for さもないと.
6.	A* 2021-06-16 08:25:34 Opencooper
	Refs:	* meikyo: 〔接〕 * wikt: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/さもなくば
	Comments:	Are we sure it's not a conjunction?
5.	A 2018-12-14 20:03:27 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4.	A* 2018-12-14 18:05:32 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Aligning with 2008300. Not a conjunction according to the kokugos.
	Diff:	@@ -14 +13,0 @@ -<pos>&conj;</pos> @@ -18,2 +17,2 @@ -<gloss>else</gloss> -<gloss>if you don't, the only other option is ...</gloss> +<gloss>or else</gloss> +<gloss>if not</gloss>
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3.	A 2018-12-12 14:04:14 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Yes, and it's probably worth making that clear.
	Diff:	@@ -19 +19 @@ -<gloss>if not so</gloss> +<gloss>if you don't, the only other option is ...</gloss>
2.	A* 2018-11-29 20:13:05
	Comments:	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
1.	A 2004-03-30 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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