JLPT Grammar: ～でしょう – Probably; I Think; Right?

By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025

📘 Meaning & Usage

～でしょう is the polite counterpart to だろう, expressing probability or seeking agreement: “probably,” “I think,” or “right?”

💡 Examples

• 明日は雨が降るでしょう。
  Ashita wa ame ga furu deshō.
  It will probably rain tomorrow.
• 彼女は来ないでしょうか？
  Kanojo wa konai deshō ka?
  Do you think she won’t come?
• これでいいでしょう。
  Kore de ii deshō.
  This should be fine.

📝 Practice

1. Fill:

1. 彼は学生＿＿＿＿。
2. 今日は暑い＿＿＿＿？

✔

• でしょう
• でしょう

2. Translate:

1. It’s probably expensive.
2. She will probably study.

✔

• 高いでしょう。
• 彼女は勉強するでしょう。

📚 Vocabulary

• 明日 (あした): tomorrow
• 雨 (あめ): rain
• 彼女 (かのじょ): she
• 来る (くる): to come
• 学生 (がくせい): student
• 暑い (あつい): hot
• 高い (たかい): expensive, high
• 勉強する (べんきょうする): to study

📖 Kanji

• 明: bright
• 日: day
• 雨: rain
• 彼: he
• 女: woman
• 学: study
• 生: life; student
• 暑: hot
• 高: high; expensive

Related Grammar & Vocabulary

• JLPT N5 Grammar List – 60 Essential Grammar Points
• ちゃいけない・じゃいけない – must not do (spoken Japanese)
• だ / です – to be (am, is, are, were, used to)
• だけ – only; just; as much as
• だろう – I think; it seems; probably; right?
• で – in; at; on; by; with; via
• でも – but; however; though
• どんな – what kind of; what sort of
• どうして – why; for what reason; how
• どうやって – how; in what way; by what means

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