或
N3ある aru
- a certain...
- some...
pre-noun adjectival
Also written 或る
Chinese meanings
某个;有一个
Examples
- ある学生に会うところです。I'm going to meet a certain student.我要去见一位学生。
- ある夕方、一人の男がやってきた。One evening a man came to my house.一个傍晚,来了一个男人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b7185fc1f0'); // 或
{
"id": "b7185fc1f0",
"word": "或",
"reading": "ある",
"romaji": "aru",
"meanings": [
"a certain...",
"some..."
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adj-pn"
],
"jmdict_id": 1586840,
"other_forms": [
"或る"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ある学生に会うところです。",
"furigana": "ある{学生|がくせい}に{会|あ}うところです。",
"en": "I'm going to meet a certain student.",
"tatoeba_id": 229895
},
{
"ja": "ある夕方、一人の男がやってきた。",
"furigana": "ある{夕方|ゆうがた}、{一人|ひとり}の{男|おとこ}がやってきた。",
"en": "One evening a man came to my house.",
"tatoeba_id": 229774
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "0d00a64b2cd0a863d30bfacbec1d65dffd5efca533bc922d990ea6e2e1c243db",
"meanings": [
"某个",
"有一个"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ある学生に会うところです。",
"zh": "我要去见一位学生。"
},
{
"ja": "ある夕方、一人の男がやってきた。",
"zh": "一个傍晚,来了一个男人。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/b7185fc1f0",
"JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1586840",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "48e8ae99aa89c5a448514264d9882a15cfe1da4ba866bbb99b4fba2c0f8e8f82"
}
}