若もしくは

もしくは moshikuwa

or
otherwise

conjunction

Chinese meanings

或者

Examples

７０年もしくは８０年が人間の普通の寿命期間である。
Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.
七十或八十年是人的正常寿命。
Tatoeba #235017
川越の山車は、いわゆる鉾山車と呼ばれる形で、車輪が3つ、もしくは4つ付いています。
The Kawagoe festival float has the shape of what's called a hoko float. It has three, or four, wheels attached.
川越的花车是所谓的鉾山車形式，有三个或四个轮子。
Tatoeba #75925

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b81e9f6d15'); // 若しくは

{
  "id": "b81e9f6d15",
  "word": "若しくは",
  "reading": "もしくは",
  "romaji": "moshikuwa",
  "meanings": [
    "or",
    "otherwise"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "conj"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1324320,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "７０年もしくは８０年が人間の普通の寿命期間である。",
      "en": "Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.",
      "tatoeba_id": 235017
    },
    {
      "ja": "川越の山車は、いわゆる鉾山車と呼ばれる形で、車輪が3つ、もしくは4つ付いています。",
      "en": "The Kawagoe festival float has the shape of what's called a hoko float. It has three, or four, wheels attached.",
      "tatoeba_id": 75925
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e17c1729308969bdccf801fba17239940d5b709c37fa0e7832a69e05432504b2",
    "meanings": [
      "或者"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "７０年もしくは８０年が人間の普通の寿命期間である。",
        "zh": "七十或八十年是人的正常寿命。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "川越の山車は、いわゆる鉾山車と呼ばれる形で、車輪が3つ、もしくは4つ付いています。",
        "zh": "川越的花车是所谓的鉾山車形式，有三个或四个轮子。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/b81e9f6d15",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1324320; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3235b2fdbc26bb657ccd14aec9c58b24c48aa88d8a22cdc1ff2fdffa921a31a6"
  }
}