仮(かり)

かり

noun, pre-noun adjectival

temporary, provisional, tentative

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(かり)の名前(なまえ)をつけた。

I gave it a tentative name.

まだ仮(かり)の予定(よてい)なので、変更(へんこう)になるかもしれません。

It's still a tentative schedule, so it may change.

仮(かり)の住(す)まいで半年(はんとし)暮(く)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(かり)に〜としても.

仮(かり)にそうだとしても、問題(もんだい)はない。

Even supposing that were the case, there would be no problem.

仮(かり)に彼(かれ)が来(こ)なかったら、どうする？

Hypothetically, if he doesn't come, what will we do?

仮(かり)に百万円(ひゃくまんえん)あったとしても、この家(いえ)は買(か)えない。

Even if you hypothetically had one million yen, you couldn't buy this house.

Modifies nouns directly as 仮(かり)の〜 (temporary ~). In sense 2, used adverbially as 仮(かり)に at the start of a sentence to introduce a hypothesis. The kanji 仮(かり) also appears in many compounds.

Common collocations

仮(かり)の姿(すがた) (disguised form, temporary appearance)
仮(かり)住(ず)まい (temporary dwelling)
仮(かり)免許(めんきょ) (provisional license, learner's permit)
仮(かり)設定(せってい) (tentative setting)

Common patterns

仮(かり)に〜としても (even supposing that ~)
仮(かり)に〜たら (hypothetically, if ~)

Related Words

Related: 仮定(かてい) (assumption, hypothesis)

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Added 2026.2.17 22:15 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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