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若しくは

Reading

Kana: もしくは
Romaji: moshikuha
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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or; otherwise

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

Example Sentences

70(ねん)もしくは80(ねん)人間(にんげん)普通(ふつう)寿命(じゅみょう)期間(きかん)である。
➥Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.
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「ちがうちがう(ぼく)らは(もと)めてる笑顔(えがお)はあんなじゃない」 それは『()い』もしくは『嘲笑(ちょうしょう)』。
➥"No, no! That isn't the smiling face we are looking for." It was a 'smirk' either that or a 'sneer'.
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川越(かわごえ)山車(だし)は、いわゆる(ほこ)山車(だし)()ばれる(かたち)で、車輪(しゃりん)が3つ、もしくは4つ()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.
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カミナリが(ひか)ったその()【くわばらくわばら】と(とな)えたもしくは、(とな)える(ひと)()たことがあるだろう。
➥I expect you've chanted "kuwabara kuwabara" after a lightning flash, or have seen somebody do so.
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