► 接続助詞
ものなら [(2)ものなら] [物＋なら] [liter] meaning: if rank: 2
☆ そう簡単に行くものなら誰も苦労しない ⇨ If it goes that easily we are not in this trouble (☛ An unlikely supposition)
☆ そんなに簡単に解決出来るものなら誰も苦労しない ⇨ We are not in this position if we could solve it that easily (☛ An unlikely supposition)
☆ 私も行けるものなら行きたいが ⇨ I would like to go if I could (☛ An unlikely supposition)
☆ 買えるものなら買いたいが、お金がない ⇨ If I can afford I would buy, but I don’t have the money (☛ An unlikely supposition)
ものなら [(2)ものなら] [もんなら] [物＋なら] [liter] meaning: if rank: 2
☆ やれるもんならやってみろ ⇨ If you say you can do it, then do, prove, it (☛ An unlikely supposition. もん is a colloquial alternate of もの)
ものなら [(2)ものなら] [～うものなら] [物＋なら] [liter] meaning: if rank: 2
☆ また飲んで帰ろうものなら女房にどやされる ⇨ My wife would yell at me if I came home drunk again (☛ An unlikely supposition)
ものなら [(2)ものなら] [～ようものなら] [物＋なら] [liter] meaning: if rank: 2
☆ 彼女は僅かでも批判しようものなら激怒する ⇨ She goes berserk if you criticize her even just a little (☛ An unlikely supposition)
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