Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ まさかの〜 (masakano) ]

まさかの〜 (masakano) - If unexpectedly there is anything , 〜

--- Notes ---
Always come with
「まさかの場合、〜」、「まさかの時、〜」

--- Examples ---

まさかの場合、ここに電話してください。
If there is anything unexpected/For the unexpected , please contact to
this place.

まさかの時、すぐお知らせ下さい。
If there is anything(unexpected) ,please let me know at once.

まさかのときには貯蓄に頼ればよい。
In an emergency you can fall back on your savings.

まさかのときに備えて貯蓄せよ。
Keep something for a rainy day.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。
Friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかの時にはあなたを助けてやろう。
I'll stand by you in time of need.

--- Comments ---
In #5842, まさかの場合 should preferably be まさかの時は and in
#5843, まさかの時 should be まさかの時は　 (contributor:
bamboo4)

There are 19 まさかの時 examples in WWWJDIC
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1Q%A4%DE%A4%B5%A4%AB%A4%CE%BB%FE_0__
which can be 'borrowed' as necessary. In WWWJDIC examples the Japanese is
usually good, but the English is sometimes dodgy. (contributor: Paul Blay)

a lot of those examples are duplicates, but i added the best. FYI the link
on this page to 'Search big database for more examples of まさかの〜'
searches the same WWJDIC example database. (contributor: dc)

Wouldn't example [#5843] be more succinctly translated as, 'If there is
anything unexpected, please call.'? It's not really necessary to include
the 'to this place' (or better - 'here'). (contributor: lonesoullost)

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