would

wouldとは 意味・定義・例文

Helping verb 助動詞

1. expressing the future in indirect speech

(間接話法においてwillの過去形と用いる)
I said she would come to my party.

2. expressing condition

~するのだが, ~だろうに, ~しただろうに, ~だっただろうに
I would buy it, if I had the money. ー I do not buy it, because I have no money.

3. expressing past habitual action

よく~したものだ, いつもきまって~する
When I was young, I would listen to the radio at night.
She would say that, wouldn't she?

4. expressing intention or determination

どうしても~した
Bob is very poor, but she would marry him.
The door wouldn't open.
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