もしも

もしも · moshimo · JLPT N3 · adverb

if

もしも = もし (if) + も (even): an emphatic if, as in if by any chance

Plain もし already means if. Adding も (even, also) makes it stronger, much like English what if or suppose. It's the same もし that is doubled in the phone greeting もしもし.

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