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それとも

N3
soretomo
  1. or
  2. or else
conjunction

Chinese meanings

还是;或者

Examples

  • トムはやるの?それともやらないの?
    Will Tom do it or not?
    汤姆做吗?还是不做?
  • あれはバスですか、それとも車くるまですか。
    Is that a bus or a car?
    那是公交车还是汽车?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b13a18ea0f'); // それとも
{
  "id": "b13a18ea0f",
  "word": "それとも",
  "reading": "それとも",
  "romaji": "soretomo",
  "meanings": [
    "or",
    "or else"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "conj"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1007010,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "トムはやるの?それともやらないの?",
      "en": "Will Tom do it or not?",
      "tatoeba_id": 11459441
    },
    {
      "ja": "あれはバスですか、それとも車ですか。",
      "furigana": "あれはバスですか、それとも{車|くるま}ですか。",
      "en": "Is that a bus or a car?",
      "tatoeba_id": 229730
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "f52a612c8cb1683c50727f5de134fab2b81473fd6c1ae8ead7f23b55c38e43b9",
    "meanings": [
      "还是",
      "或者"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "トムはやるの?それともやらないの?",
        "zh": "汤姆做吗?还是不做?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "あれはバスですか、それとも車ですか。",
        "zh": "那是公交车还是汽车?"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b13a18ea0f",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1007010; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "0b92c2ff6804c86e3f6847337ec54ddb567cbdf7964e42ed8045af943da0f3b1",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}