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jmdict 1928670 Active (id: 2152557)

だろう [spec1] だろ
1. [exp]
《conjectural form of copula だ》
▶ seems
▶ I think
▶ I guess
▶ I wonder
▶ I hope
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 1008420 でしょう 1. it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder
  ⇐ see: 2850787 じゃろ 1. seems; I think; I guess
  ⇐ see: 2083340 やろう 1. seems; I think; I guess
2. [exp]
▶ right?
▶ don't you agree?
▶ I thought you'd say that!
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2850787 じゃろ 2. right?; don't you agree?
  ⇐ see: 2083340 やろう 2. right?; don't you agree?
  ⇐ see: 2860789 ろう 1. right?; isn't it?



History:
3. A 2021-10-18 00:46:35  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Looks good to me.
should be a sense-wide note
2. A 2021-10-17 23:10:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not really sure it's a conjugation. Makino & Tsutsui (DBJG) call it a "conjectural form", which I think works well. I'll change でしょう to match.
  Diff:
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう</xref>
-<s_inf>conjugation of copula だ, expressing conjecture</s_inf>
+<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1008420">でしょう・1</xref>
+<s_inf>conjectural form of copula だ</s_inf>
1. A* 2021-10-10 04:26:59  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
kokugos all say sth like 《断定の助動詞「だ」の未然形+推量の助動詞「う」》 (daijs)
I think calling this a conjugation of "だ" sounds about right?
  Comments:
not in love with the gloss "I thought you'd say that!".
Note should (probably?) be entry-wide
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<s_inf>conjugation of copula だ, expressing conjecture</s_inf>
@@ -21,0 +23 @@
+<gloss>right?</gloss>

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