JLPT N1 · conjunction

もしくは (moshikuwa)

もしくは is a Japanese conjunction meaning “or; otherwise”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: もしくは
Romaji: moshikuwa
Word class: conjunction
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

or; otherwise · conjunction · usually written in kana

Example sentences

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.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1324320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.