のでは

expression

isn't it that ...?; could it be that ...?; don't you think?

Sentence-ending expression used to seek confirmation or express a conjecture, often with a rising intonation. Abbreviation of のではないか.

• 彼かれは来こないのでは？

  Isn't it the case that he won't come?

• この計けい画かく、無む理りなのでは？

  Could it be that this plan is impossible?