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〜でしょう
deshou · probably ~; …, right?
〜でしょう means probably, the speaker's guess, as in weather forecasts. With a rising tone it checks: …, right?
How to form it
| Verb / い-adj (plain) + でしょう | 降るでしょう |
| Noun / な-adj + でしょう | 雨でしょう |
How it is used
Forecasts: 「明日は晴れるでしょう」. The casual form is だろう.
〜でしょう？ with a rising tone asks for agreement, like ですよね.
Examples
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- 明日は雨が降るでしょう。It will probably rain tomorrow.
- 田中さんはもう来ないでしょう。Tanaka probably isn't coming now.
- この問題は難しいでしょう。This problem is probably difficult.
- 楽しかったでしょう？That was fun, right?