Illustration: In a home kitchen, a young adult reaches with a bare hand toward the metal handle of a steaming pot. An older sibling urgently holds an oven mitt directly in the hand's path while pointing toward the hot handle.

JLPT N3expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

でないと

de nai to

otherwise, or else

Example sentences

私わたしの傘かさに入はいりなさい。でないとぬれますよ。
Come under my umbrella, or you’ll get wet.
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急いそぎなさい、でないとバスに乗のり遅おくれるよ。
Hurry up, or you’ll miss the bus.
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早はやく起おきなさい、でないと学校がっこうに遅おくれますよ。
Get up early, else you’ll be late for school.
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