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かしら

かしらkashiraN3casual

savor + I wonder — a musing question, coded as feminine speech

ajiwau kashira

I wonder — a musing question, coded as feminine speech

meaning: I wonder — a musing question, coded as feminine speech

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜かしら
  • 味あじわうかしら

ちょっと手伝てつだってもらえないかしら。

chotto tetsudatte moraenai kashira.

I wonder if you could possibly help me out. casual

遠とおくでゴロゴロ聞きこえるけど、雷かみなりかしら。

tooku de gorogoro kikoeru kedo, kaminari kashira.

There's a rumbling in the distance — I wonder if that's thunder. casual

All examples9

I wonder — asking yourself something out loud

  1. この味あじつけで十分じゅうぶんかしら、ちょっと薄うすい気きもするけど。

    kono ajitsuke de juubun kashira, chotto usui ki mo suru kedo.

    With this seasoning, I wonder if it's enough — though it does feel a bit weak too. casual

  2. 一人ひとりで行いかせて大丈夫だいじょうぶかしら。

    hitori de ikasete daijoubu kashira.

    To let them go alone — I wonder if it's all right. casual

  3. 遠とおくでゴロゴロ聞きこえるけど、雷かみなりかしら。

    tooku de gorogoro kikoeru kedo, kaminari kashira.

    There's a rumbling in the distance — I wonder if that's thunder. casual

  4. なんだか床ゆかが揺ゆれてる気きがするけど、地震じしんかしら。

    nandaka yuka ga yureteru ki ga suru kedo, jishin kashira.

    Somehow the floor feels like it's shaking — I wonder if it's an earthquake. casual

  5. 外そとで大おおきな音おとがしたけど、事故じこかしら。

    soto de ookina oto ga shita kedo, jiko kashira.

    There was a loud noise outside — I wonder if it's an accident. casual

  6. この荷物にもつ、一人ひとりで運はこべるかしら。

    kono nimotsu, hitori de hakoberu kashira.

    I wonder if I can carry this luggage by myself. casual

  7. あの人ひと、もう帰かえったかしら。

    ano hito, mou kaetta kashira.

    I wonder if that person has already gone home. casual

could you — a softened, indirect request

  1. ちょっと手伝てつだってもらえないかしら。

    chotto tetsudatte moraenai kashira.

    I wonder if you could possibly help me out. casual

  2. 少すこし静しずかにしていただけないかしら。

    sukoshi shizuka ni shite itadakenai kashira.

    I wonder if you couldn't possibly keep it down a little. neutral

How it's formed3

All forms1

  • かしらねkashiranecolloquial

    味あじわうかしらね

    adds ね to soften it into a musing aside, said half to oneself rather than as a real question.

Notes

かしら descends from か知しらん and was ordinary male speech in older writing.