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jmdict 2841457 Active (id: 2195788)

イフ
1. [n]
▶ (an) if
▶ what-if



History:
5. A 2022-07-13 12:40:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
4. A* 2022-07-13 07:20:38  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
"(e.g. in history)" seems very confusing to me. I get where it's from looking at GG5 歴史にイフはありえない and daijr 「歴史に―はない」 but I don't think this wording works. The jump from "there are no what-ifs in history" (which doesn't even appear to be an established expression in English?" to "(an) if (e.g. in history)" is too wide.
  Diff:
@@ -9 +9,2 @@
-<gloss>(an) if (e.g. in history)</gloss>
+<gloss>(an) if</gloss>
+<gloss>what-if</gloss>
3. A 2019-09-13 16:18:30  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
This is used quite differently to もし so I don't think the x-ref is necessary.
  Diff:
@@ -9 +8,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1012500">若し・もし</xref>
2. A 2019-09-10 23:37:22  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gakken katakana also, though it doesn't specify pos

イフ
if
もし.もしも.
1. A* 2019-09-10 23:34:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr: 「もし」「もしも」の意。 「歴史に−はない」 
GG5: 〔もしも〕 an “if”.
  Comments:
Seems to be a noun only.

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