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なら

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な ら
Meaning
  1. 1
    if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that
    hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
    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、常つねに見当違けんとうちがいのことをしてしまうだろう。
    If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.
  2. 2
    as for; on the topic of
    Only applies to なら
    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。
    A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians.
  3. 3
    if that's the case; if so; that being the case
    See also: 其れなら (それなら)
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