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What should I do? (lit., If I were to do how,
would it be good?)
Dō sureba ii deshō ka.
What should I do? (lit., If I do how, will it be
good?)
Kō shitara ii deshō ka.
Should I do this? (lit., If I were to do like this,
would it be good?)
Kō sureba ii deshō ka.
Should I do this? (lit., If I do like this, will it be
good?)
Kō shitara dō deshō ka.
How about doing this? (lit., If I were to do like
this, how would it be?)
Kō sureba dō deshō ka.
How about doing this? (lit., If I do like this, how
will it be?)
Each expression consists of two parts: a proposed
hypothesis (if-clause) with either the conditional or the

