> I would eat that

translates to

> 私はそれを食べるだろう

My question here is, every conditional + verb has the structure verb + だろう? Or
is it more complex than this?
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conditionals
Conditionals applied to verbs
This kind of conditional — verb + だろう — is a very explicit way to mark a
conditional. Conditionals in Japanese are generally not explicitly stated as
such, but are rather interpreted based on the surrounding/ongoing context.

I think the sentence you quoted above, in more natural Japanese might be
something like, 「私だったら、(それを)食べる。」, where the conditional is given context by
the 「私だったら」clause ("If it were me").

I am not one hundred percent confident about this next statement, but I feel
that using 「verb + だろう」 as a conditional (in the sense of a "would" clause in
English) to talk about your own actions may sound a bit unnatural in Japanese.
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