もしも

USAGE: もしも is a more emphatic version of もし (if). It adds emotional weight or emphasis to hypothetical situations.

COMMON PATTERNS:

• もしも〜たら (if ~ were to happen)
• もしも〜なら (if ~ is the case)
• もしもの時(とき) (in case of emergency)
• もしもし (hello - on the phone, derived form)

CONTRAST:

• もし - standard "if"
• もしも - emphatic "if" (more emotional/dramatic)
• 仮(かり)に - supposing, hypothetically (formal)
• 万一(まんいち) - in the unlikely event