Illustration: At a home snack table, a grandparent presents two equally inviting treats: a rice cracker on one small dish and a mandarin on another. The dishes are held at the same height, equally close to a child whose single small receiving plate is still empty.

JLPT N3conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

あるいは

aruiha

or

Example sentences

  1. 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。

    Do you cook by gas or electricity?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あなたかあるいは私わたしが間違まちがっている。

    Either you or I am wrong.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. １００年ねんあるいは５０年前事情ねんまえじじょうはどうであったか私わたしは知しらない。

    I don’t know how things were a hundred or fifty years ago.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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