1.
temporary, provisional, tentative
Something that is not final or permanent but serves as a placeholder or stopgap until a proper arrangement is made.
仮の名前をつけた。
I gave it a tentative name.
まだ仮の予定なので、変更になるかもしれません。
It's still a tentative schedule, so it may change.
仮の住まいで半年暮らした。
I lived in temporary housing for half a year.
2.
hypothetical, supposing
Used to indicate a hypothetical situation or assumption, often in the pattern 仮に〜としても.
仮にそうだとしても、問題はない。
Even supposing that were the case, there would be no problem.
仮に彼が来なかったら、どうする？
Hypothetically, if he doesn't come, what will we do?
仮に百万円あったとしても、この家は買えない。
Even if you hypothetically had one million yen, you couldn't buy this house.
Modifies nouns directly as 仮の〜 (temporary ~). In sense 2, used adverbially as 仮に at the start of a sentence to introduce a hypothesis. Written with different kanji, 仮 also appears in many compounds.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 仮の姿 (disguised form, temporary appearance)
- 仮住まい (temporary dwelling)
- 仮免許 (provisional license, learner's permit)
- 仮設定 (tentative setting)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 仮に〜としても (even supposing that ~)
- 仮に〜たら (hypothetically, if ~)