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あるいは

N3
aruiwa
  1. or
  2. possibly
adverb

Also written 或いは

Chinese meanings

或者;也许

Examples

  • ガスで調ちょう理りしますか、あるいは電でん気きですか。
    Do you cook by gas or electricity?
    你用燃气做饭,还是用电?
  • あるいはそれは本ほん当とうかもしれない。
    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"
  }
}