by any chance

ひょっとして、もしかして

何かが本当かどうかを控えめに尋ねるときに使う。

やさしい英語で： Used in a question to politely ask whether something might be true.

• Are you busy by any chance?
• Have you seen my keys by any chance?
• Do you by any chance know where the station is?

使い方： Do you … by any chance? (Do you know her phone number by any chance?); Are you by any chance …? (Are you by any chance free tomorrow?)

類義語： perhaps, possibly

よく使う表現： know by any chance, available by any chance, by any chance nearby

何かの偶然で、偶然に

計画によらず、何かの偶然や幸運によって。

やさしい英語で： Through any possible accident or lucky event, rather than through a plan.

• If we meet by any chance, I'll return your book.
• Could such a complex pattern arise by any chance alone?
• If the letter reaches her by any chance, she will learn the truth.

使い方： if … by any chance (If the seeds survive by any chance, we will plant them.)

類義語： by accident, by chance

反対語： deliberately

よく使う表現： happen by any chance, survive by any chance, arise by any chance