If only A/B, then C
B is the last remaining condition for A before C becomes true/possible.
- If only A/B, then C B is the last remaining condition for A before C becomes true/possible.
- If only A occurs, then B A is the only action/issue that needs to occur for B to be true/occur.
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後五百円さえあればこのゾンビのコスチュームを買えます。
If I only had 500 more yen, I could buy this zombie costume.
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あの最後の問題さえ正解すれば、合格できたのに。
I would have passed if only I had gotten that last question correct.
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Stupie
Level: 86
(9 months ago)
さえ ~~ ば / さえ ~~ なら (သာ ~~ မယ်ဆိုရင်)
- V နဲ့ い adj နဲ့ဆိုရင် ば/Noun နဲ့ な adj ဆိုရင် なら
- ရေလေးသာ သောက်လိုက်ရရင်ကောင်းမှာပဲ
- ငါးရာလေးသာရှိခဲ့မယ်ဆိုရင် အအေးဝယ်လို့ရမှာ
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マイコー
Level: 262
(14 years ago)
For the Noun さえ Verb/ば form, the さえ is usually replacing a direct object を marker.
本さえ読めば - if only I read the book
本さえ読めば - if only I read the book
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If only A occurs, then B
A is the only action/issue that needs to occur for B to be true/occur.
- If only A/B, then C B is the last remaining condition for A before C becomes true/possible.
- If only A occurs, then B A is the only action/issue that needs to occur for B to be true/occur.
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毎日２０分運動さえすればきっと健康になるよ。
If you only exercise twenty minutes a day, I'm sure you'll be healthy.
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十秒考えさえすればこの問いを理解できるはずだ。
You should be able to understand this problem if you only think for 10 seconds.
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そのお金が無事だと分かりさえすれば、そのことは心配しない。
As long as I know the money is safe, I will not worry about it.
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その事故がどんなに重大であったかは、この記事を読みさえすればよい。
You have only to read this article to see how serious the accident was.
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