あるいは
N3 aruiwa
- or
- possibly
adverb
Also written 或いは
Chinese meanings
或者;也许
Examples
- ガスで調理しますか、あるいは電気ですか。Do you cook by gas or electricity?你用燃气做饭,还是用电?
- あるいはそれは本当かもしれない。Perhaps that's true.也许那是真的。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('61f7afccc0'); // あるいは
{
"id": "61f7afccc0",
"word": "あるいは",
"reading": "あるいは",
"romaji": "aruiwa",
"meanings": [
"or",
"possibly"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1586850,
"other_forms": [
"或いは"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ガスで調理しますか、あるいは電気ですか。",
"furigana": "ガスで{調理|ちょうり}しますか、あるいは{電気|でんき}ですか。",
"en": "Do you cook by gas or electricity?",
"tatoeba_id": 226408
},
{
"ja": "あるいはそれは本当かもしれない。",
"furigana": "あるいはそれは{本当|ほんとう}かもしれない。",
"en": "Perhaps that's true.",
"tatoeba_id": 229955
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "af8a422298137195d75af0db5312834e32025c2f1ff3264ab7517ecf5903ce91",
"meanings": [
"或者",
"也许"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ガスで調理しますか、あるいは電気ですか。",
"zh": "你用燃气做饭,还是用电?"
},
{
"ja": "あるいはそれは本当かもしれない。",
"zh": "也许那是真的。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/61f7afccc0",
"JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1586850",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "b5c91b486faa1b526eedd9e01beae5367efeced338f9ed2a402e34681c91a3f7"
}
}