N2 — outside your level filter

write + let's + if only it were possible to

kakou mononara

if only it were possible to; if you were to — and it would be a disaster

できるものなら、あの判断はんだんをやりなおしたい。

dekiru mono nara, ano hi no handan o yarinaoshitai.

If it were possible, I would take back the decision I made that day. neutral

会議中かいぎちゅう居眠いねむりでもしようものなら、部長ぶちょう一日中いちにちじゅう嫌味いやみわれる。

kaigichuu ni inemuri demo shiyou mono nara, buchou ni ichinichijuu iyami o iwareru.

If you so much as nod off in a meeting, the department head will needle you about it all day. neutral

ものなら

ものならmono naraN2neutral

Formation

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  • contraction