または
Usually written in kana. Kanji spelling 又は
or; either ... or ...
JLPT N4 Common word
Meanings
Conjunction
or; either ... or ...
Example sentences
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Would you like some tea or coffee?
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Now they like cars of small or middle size.
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They speak English or French or both.
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He likes either baseball or football.
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Don't discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation.
More examples (10)
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The buffet or the cafeteria is in Car 9.
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Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).
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Things that modify nouns are adjectives or equivalent to adjectives.
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Ammonia is a colorless liquid or gas with a very strong smell.
全ての教養あるアメリカ人は最初かまたは最後にヨーロッパに行く。
All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe.
ここ２、３年、外国を旅行中に交通事故で死亡または負傷した日本人は多い。
During the past several years, many Japanese have been either killed or injured while traveling overseas.
クレジットとは将来の支払を前提に品物またはお金を受入れる一定額または限度である。
Credit is an amount or limit to the extent of which a person may receive goods or money for payment in the future.
文を書くときには、ふつう大文字で始め、ピリオド（.）、または感嘆符（!）、疑問符（?）、で終わる。
When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?).
中国語においては「テンス」を表す場合には上述のように「助詞」か「時を表す語」または文脈によるものが多い。
When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.
ディスプレイはモニタともいい、コンピュータなどの機器から出力される静止画または動画の映像信号を表示する機器である。
A display, aka monitor, is an appliance that displays video signal of still images and moving pictures produced by a computer or similar device.