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JLPT N1 · Adverb

かりに (karini)

かりに is a Japanese adverb meaning “supposing; even if”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かりに
Romaji
karini
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake · adverb
  2. temporarily; provisionally; for the time being · adverb

Example sentences

あなたがもし仮に一万ドルを持っていたらどうしますか。
What would you do if you had, say, ten thousand dollars?
Tatoeba #234154

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1187300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.