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nara

Auxiliary Verb

1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that

感情かんじょうによって理性りせいが曇くもらされているままにしておくならば、我々われわれは、常つねに見当けんとう違ちがいのことをしてしまうだろう。
kanjōni yotte risēga kumorasarete iru mamani shite okunaraba warewarewa tsuneni kentōchigaino kotō shite shimaudarō.
If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.
Auxiliary Verb

2. as for; on the topic of

医者いしゃなら6ろく桁けたの収入しゅうにゅうは珍めずらしくない。
ishanara rokketano shūnyūwa mezurashikunai.
A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians.
Conjunction

3. if that's the case; if so; that being the case

Colloquial
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Abbreviation
,  Related to それなら
Conjunction

4. if possible; if circumstances allow

Applies to ならば
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