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I've encountered sentences like this several times:

たしかに村での戦闘の直接の原因はその……ギアが不時着したことかもしれない

The literal translation would be: "Certainly, the direct cause of the battle
in the village might be......that Gear that made an emergency landing". But it
doesn't make sense. It's either "certainly" or "might be". How should I
translate this?
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たしかに and かもしれない in one sentence
Though it doesn't make sense in English, but it is used in Japanese. I think
it is used when a speaker has a confidence in the guess.

For example, 確かに彼はそう言ったかもしれない.

And I found some examples in a dictionary, which are 確かにいるかも知れないな(Certainly
there might), 確かに、顔は隠せるかもしれない(It might indeed be possible to cover my face.).
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「確かに」 can be used (often in colloquial speech) to mean "It is true that...,
(but...)" (≂「確かに～だけれど...」) "You're right, ..." "You may be right, ..."
"Indeed, ..." (≂「あぁ、確かに、...」「なるほど、...」) or "Now that you mention it..."
(≂「確かに、言われてみれば（その通り）、...」)

> たしかに村での戦闘の直接の原因はその……ギアが不時着したことかもしれない

" _You're right, / Now that you mention it, / It is true that_ the direct
cause of the battle in the village might be......that Gear made an emergency
landing."
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